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Kurt Shillinger
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A midsummer study by the International Council on Clean Transportation found that the average electric car produces 73% less greenhouse gas emissions over its lifespan than its gas-powered counterpart. That sounds good, but it obscures a cost. The ores that power our EVs and iPhones are fuel cells for conflict, corruption, and human exploitation in central Africa. Yet what if key players in the region were able to dig deep into veins of unity and agency?
鈥淲e need to bring everyone to the table, not just the Rwandans and Congolese, but also the Burundians, Ugandans, Tanzanians, and all the stakeholders who profit from the diversion of minerals from eastern DRC,鈥� an expert in transnational crime tells our contributor, Th茅odore de Kerros, in his story today from the coltan mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 鈥淐onflict will need more than deadlines to be solved.鈥�
