Green Rocks

Jan 8, 2025 | greenrocks.substack.com | Ian Morse

Climate technologies require enormous amounts of metal. I’m Ian Morse, and this is Green Rocks, a newsletter that doesn’t want dirty mining to ruin clean energy. By my count, there have been four books on the demands that certain climate actions put on mining production. There’s Volt Rush, which I reviewed in 2022 alongside a battery and transportation book. There’s Pitfall, the author of which joined me in Green Rocks’ first podcast and in the keynote conference session linked at the bottom.

May 9, 2024 | greenrocks.substack.com | Ian Morse

Climate technologies require enormous amounts of metal. I’m Ian Morse, and this is Green Rocks, a newsletter that doesn’t want dirty mining to ruin clean energy. First, a note to check out a Mongabay webinar in which I and SIRGE Coalition member Galina Angarova discuss some tips on investigating the grand world of ‘energy transition minerals’. It’s aimed at journalists, but it includes insights in the field from a variety of perspectives, so Mongabay put it in podcast form, too.

Mar 28, 2024 | greenrocks.substack.com | Ian Morse

Climate technologies require enormous amounts of metal. I’m Ian Morse, and this is Green Rocks, a newsletter that doesn’t want dirty mining to ruin clean energy. Eight years after Amnesty International drew global attention to the risk of child labor cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, solutions have apparently missed the mark.

Feb 29, 2024 | greenrocks.substack.com | Ian Morse

Climate technologies require enormous amounts of metal. I’m Ian Morse, and this is Green Rocks, a newsletter that doesn’t want dirty mining to ruin clean energy. I’m grateful for all your appreciation for these news round-ups. They take a lot of work and a nose in the dirt, tracking stories as they develop and discerning how they can impact climate action and communities.

Feb 1, 2024 | greenrocks.substack.com | Ian Morse

Climate technologies require enormous amounts of metal. I’m Ian Morse, and this is Green Rocks, a newsletter that doesn’t want dirty mining to ruin clean energy. In the US, electric vehicle buyers who want a $7,500 tax credit this year can only do so if their battery was not made in China, Russia, Iran or North Korea. Next year, no materials from these four countries can be in any of these tax-credited batteries.