The Financial Times highlights a grossly overlooked fact – the United States has only one rare earth mine that provides a significant source of rare earth minerals critical to renewable energy and defense systems: A battle is heating up for control of a bankrupt mine that is the only significant US Source of the rare […]

Rare earth minerals, the raw materials used in electric cars, wind turbines, solar panels, and various defense applications are scarce, and “the threat of future supply problems for rare earths and other so-called ‘critical elements’ still looms“:

The Wall Street Journal reported on yet another instance of shadiness in the solar industry, this time showing that one of the largest U.S. solar energy companies, Sunrun, was manipulating their sales data: Former managers at one of the largest U.S. solar-energy companies say they manipulated a key sales metric around the time of the […]

Recent reports have revealed some serious human consequences surrounding the acquisition of renewable energy. Sky News recently showed that one of the ramifications has forced children to mine for cobalt in the Congo: A Sky News investigation has found children as young as four working in Congolese mines where cobalt is extracted for smartphones. The […]

Tesla’s “factories of the future” are turning out to be a nightmare for its workers: Ambulances have been called more than 100 times since 2014 for workers experiencing fainting spells, dizziness, seizures, abnormal breathing and chest pains, according to incident reports obtained by the Guardian. Hundreds more were called for injuries and other medical issues.

The United States is a major consumer of rare earth, with future demand only expected to rise according to a 2016 United States Government Accountability Office (GOA) report:

According to CNN, a 2016 report by an energy consulting firm concluded the U.S. has more untapped oil than any other country, including oil-rich Saudi Arabia and Russia:

Solar panels on the roofs of homes and businesses are presenting a safety risk for firefighters, and in some cases buildings have been left to burn because that was the safest way to deal with a fire. Prince George’s County, MD, Fire Battalion Chief Donny Fletcher said when firefighters see solar panels on a building, “It […]

A recent article from Salon urged Tesla owners to “hold on to your smugness” when it comes to electric vehicles (EV) being environmentally friendly. Electric vehicles in fact “use a lot of carbon” and Salon goes as far to suggest some people keep their gas powered vehicles: