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I leaned heavily on Siddharth Kara’s book, Cobalt Red, for this video: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250284303/cobaltred
In this Our Changing Climate video essay, I look at the horrors of the cobalt supply chain fueling the electric car and renewable revolution. Specifically, I zero in on cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo in under to uncover what exactly it takes to bring modern batteries to life. The conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo are dismal and are fueled by a long history of colonial plunder and imperialism. To forge an environmentally ethical world that avoids the worst of climate change, we cannot turn a blind eye.
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
1:14 – The Scars of Colonialism
5:13 – The Mines of the DRC
9:39 – Exploitation of the DRC
15:26 – The Toll of Cobalt
19:26 – Do Companies Care?
16:31 – Sign up for Ground News
22:40 – How Do We Build a Just Zero-Carbon World?
25:00 – Sponsored Message
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Levi Hildebrand: https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH
Simon Clark: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys
Sarah Karver: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw
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Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ
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Just Have a Think: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRBwLPbXGsI2cJe9W1zfSjQ
Ankur Shah: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnkurShah
Planet Proof: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtF58iBRQ2C3QPeKKzxwiA
Future Proof: https://www.youtube.com/c/FutureProofTV
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