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The "Green Deal” is Europe’s recipe for economic growth and climate protection. But green technologies require critical raw materials, which often come from China. Is more mining in Europe a viable solution?

Europe wants to encourage economic growth, while also saving our planet from climate collapse. The name of the plan to do this is the "Green Deal.” Under the Green Deal, electric cars are supposed to replace combustion engines, and renewable energies will be used instead of coal, oil, and gas.
But green technologies require many critical raw materials, like lithium and rare earths. But these raw materials are rarely mined in Europe anymore. Currently, they come from faraway places like Africa, South America, Russia, and above all, China.

The ensuing dependence poses a risk to the European economy. Politicians and industry leaders now want to bring some mining back to Europe. They promise green, sustainable mines with as little impact on the environment as possible. But in places where these types of mines are being built, people are fighting back. They fear that their regions will be sacrificed for the energy transition.

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