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The environmental impact of cobalt mining The Washington Post
网页2018年2月28日Scientists have recorded alarming radioactivity levels in some mining regions. Mining waste often pollutes rivers and drinking water. The dust from the pulverized rock is known to cause breathing...
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Cobalt Mining: The Dark Side of the Renewable Energy Transition
网页2022年9月27日What Does Reducing Cobalt Dependency Look Like? Rather than tackling supply-side problems with the cobalt mining industry, perhaps changes are better made
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Understanding cobalt’s human cost ScienceDaily
网页2021年12月17日Waste generated from mining cobalt and other metals can pollute water, air and soil, leading to decreased crop yields, contaminated and water, and
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The Environmental Impacts of Lithium and Cobalt Mining
网页2023年3月31日Though emissions deriving from mining these two elements are lower than those deriving from fossil fuels production, the extraction methods for lithium and cobalt
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Cobalt's human cost: Social consequences of green energy must
网页2021年12月17日Waste generated from mining cobalt and other metals can pollute water, air and soil, leading to decreased crop yields, contaminated and water, and
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The toll of the cobalt mining industry on health and the
网页2018年3月6日Inhalation of cobalt particles can cause respiratory sensitization, asthma, decreased pulmonary function and shortness of breath, the CDC says. The health agency says skin contact is also a
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Effects of the energy transition on environmental impacts of cobalt
网页2022年4月5日We estimated future environmental impacts of cobalt supply by 2050 under these two scenarios using prospective life cycle assessment. We found that the
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Assessing impacts of responsible sourcing initiatives for
网页2021年6月1日NGOs and researchers have been reporting serious abuses and other severe social impacts in the DRC mining sectors since at least 2007 (Nordbrand and
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Understanding cobalt’s human cost ScienceDaily
网页2021年12月17日After studying the impacts of mining cobalt -- a common ingredient in lithium-ion batteries -- on communities in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an interdisciplinary team of
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Effects of the energy transition on environmental impacts of cobalt
网页2022年4月5日For this, we used the impact of cobalt from the “market for cobalt” process per kg and multiplied it by the demand in each scenario in each year. Fossil CED is caused for 35–40% by natural gas. In all scenario–variable combinations for PMF, cobalt and blasting (a mining activity) account for over 60% of impacts together.
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Cobalt's human cost: Social consequences of green energy
网页2021年12月17日After studying the impacts of mining cobalt—a common ingredient in lithium-ion batteries—on communities in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an interdisciplinary team of
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Understanding Cobalt’s Human Cost Northwestern Engineering
网页2021年12月17日After studying the impacts of mining cobalt — a common ingredient in lithium-ion batteries — on communities in Africa’s Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Northwestern University is calling for more data into how emerging technologies affect human health and livelihoods.
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Assessing impacts of responsible sourcing initiatives for cobalt
网页2021年6月1日NGOs and researchers have been reporting serious abuses and other severe social impacts in the DRC mining sectors since at least 2007 (Nordbrand and Bolme, 2007). In 2011 an Öko-Institut study reported violence against women and child labour in artisanal mining sites in the region of cobalt extraction (Tsurukawa et al., 2011).
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The Environmental Impacts of Cobalt Mining in Congo Earth.Org
网页2023年3月28日A further environmental impact of cobalt mining in Congo is the hazy air surrounding the mines, full of dust and grit, and toxic to breathe. Studies have shown that the risk of birth defects, such as limb abnormalities and spina bifida, greatly increased when a parent worked in a cobalt mine, linked to high levels of toxic pollution caused by
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Mining cobalt better International Institute for
网页2021年9月29日However, cobalt mining both industrial and artisanal has significant environmental impacts ranging from habitat destruction to water and air pollution. And the artisanal cobalt sector, which supplies
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Sustainability of artisanal mining of cobalt in DR Congo
网页2018年9月14日Cobalt is used in rechargeable batteries, and half the world’s supply comes from one district in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This study assesses the sustainability of artisanal mining
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Cobalt Mining The Hidden Dark Side of Renewables
网页2022年1月19日Most people, including you, probably view the rise of electric cars positively, however, we will focus on the numerous impacts of cobalt, related as a wider picture to renewables, on the producers of the
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Quantifying the life-cycle health impacts of a cobalt-containing
网页2022年8月11日Two scenarios for fatality rates in the artisanal cobalt mining in the DRC are considered: a high scenario at 2000 fatalities/year and a low scenario at 65 fatalities/year. Applying the high fatality rate, occupational accidents in the artisanal cobalt mining in the DRC contribute notably to the total life-cycle health impacts of the LIB cell
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Cobalt's human cost: Social consequences of green energy
网页2021年12月17日After studying the impacts of mining cobalt—a common ingredient in lithium-ion batteries—on communities in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an interdisciplinary team of
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The cobalt mining industry is a human rights failure
网页2023年3月15日Major corporations, UN agencies, NGOs and foreign government donors should collaborate with the DRC. The connection between the battery driven green economy and the exploitative
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Assessing impacts of responsible sourcing initiatives for cobalt
网页2021年6月1日NGOs and researchers have been reporting serious abuses and other severe social impacts in the DRC mining sectors since at least 2007 (Nordbrand and Bolme, 2007). In 2011 an Öko-Institut study reported violence against women and child labour in artisanal mining sites in the region of cobalt extraction (Tsurukawa et al., 2011).
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Cobalt Responsible Minerals Initiative
网页Cobalt is extracted in mechanized and artisanal mining operations. Multiple reports have highlighted concerns over social and environmental impacts of cobalt extraction, including child labor and unsafe working conditions in artisanal cobalt mining. To learn more about the RMI’s work on ASM cobalt, see here. What We Do
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The harsh realities of mining cobalt for EV batteries
网页2022年2月15日In 2020, Reuters reported that Tesla inked a deal with Glencore to purchase a quarter of the mine’s cobalt for its EV batteries, a move seen as an attempt to insulate it from allegations of
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Understanding the impact of deep-sea mining MIT
网页2019年12月5日Currently, nickel and cobalt are extracted through land-based mining operations. Much of this mining occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which produces 60 percent of the world’s cobalt.
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The Environmental Impacts of Cobalt Mining in Congo Earth.Org
网页2023年3月28日A further environmental impact of cobalt mining in Congo is the hazy air surrounding the mines, full of dust and grit, and toxic to breathe. Studies have shown that the risk of birth defects, such as limb abnormalities and spina bifida, greatly increased when a parent worked in a cobalt mine, linked to high levels of toxic pollution caused by
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Sustainability of artisanal mining of cobalt in DR Congo
网页2018年9月14日Cobalt is used in rechargeable batteries, and half the world’s supply comes from one district in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This study assesses the sustainability of artisanal mining
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Quantifying the life-cycle health impacts of a cobalt-containing
网页2022年8月11日Two scenarios for fatality rates in the artisanal cobalt mining in the DRC are considered: a high scenario at 2000 fatalities/year and a low scenario at 65 fatalities/year. Applying the high fatality rate, occupational accidents in the artisanal cobalt mining in the DRC contribute notably to the total life-cycle health impacts of the LIB cell
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Cobalt Mining in the Congo: ArcGIS StoryMaps
网页2022年11月11日Cobalt is vital to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles because it is a material used in lithium-ion batteries; just under one third of the cathode is cobalt (CoffinHorowitz, 2018). Mining cobalt can have negative impacts on
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