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Angry Philippine islanders are trying to stop the great nickel rush

“It’s very ironic that, in order to mitigate the impact of global warming, you have to cut down our trees … just to support the initiatives of Elon Musk.”

Sibuyan’s isolation hasn’t kept everyone at bay. It’s also home to an estimated seven million metric tons of nickel reserves, locked in the ground below the verdant Mount Guiting-Guiting

https://restofworld.org/2023/nickel-mining-evs-philippines-environment/