{"id":56118,"date":"2021-11-20T16:18:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T10:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/global-rivalries-are-miring-the-clean-energy-revolution\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T16:18:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T10:48:14","slug":"global-rivalries-are-miring-the-clean-energy-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/global-rivalries-are-miring-the-clean-energy-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Rivalries Are Miring the Clean Energy Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KISANFU, Democratic Republic of Congo \u2014 Just up a red dirt road, across an expanse of tall, dew-soaked weeds, bulldozers are hollowing out a yawning new canyon that is central to the world\u2019s urgent race against global warming.<\/p>\n

For more than a decade, the vast expanse of untouched land was controlled by an American company. Now a Chinese mining conglomerate has bought it, and is racing to retrieve its buried treasure: millions of tons<\/a> of cobalt.<\/p>\n

At 73, Kyahile Mangi has lived here long enough to predict the path ahead. Once the blasting starts, the walls of mud-brick homes will crack. Chemicals will seep into the river where women do laundry and dishes while worrying about hippo attacks. Soon a manager from the mine will announce that everyone needs to be relocated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know our ground is rich,\u201d said Mr. Mangi, a village chief who also knows residents will share little of the mine\u2019s wealth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n