Blood diamonds, blood cobalt, and now blood nickel. Governments leading the global shift toward electric vehicles promise cleaner cities and a new era of sustainable energy and improved resource usage. But just as governments promote EVs on environmental grounds, manufacturers are forced to source nickel from a region enabling the wanton destruction of ecologically sensitive lands, reckless treatment of workers, and the fundamental deterioration of living conditions.
When confronted with the realities of how certain diamonds and cobalt resources were being produced, consumers demanded responsible manufacturers stop using blood diamonds and blood cobalt in their products. It is time consumers demand the same from car manufacturers and others using blood nickel.
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