WWF Calls for Limiting the Environmental Cost of the Energy Transition
As the global transition from fossil fuels to renewable alternatives like solar and wind accelerates, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has issued a call to limit the environmental costs of the transition. The move to renewables is ultimately meant to reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel use, but the journey to a renewable energy-powered world has been anything but clean so far. Most of the raw materials used to power electric vehicle batteries are mined in high-conflict regions with non-existent health and safety standards. Similarly, efforts to build battery storage for renewables, develop wind and solar infrastructure,…
