The PRESIDENT of the United States said in 2021 that the US new energy industry will set a target, and the sales of "zero-emission" electric vehicles in 2030 need to account for more than half of the country's new cars sold. However, the data shows that in 2020, the sales of new energy electric vehicles accounted for only 0.5% of the total sales volume of new energy vehicles in the country.
The president said that within a decade, the proportion of new energy vehicle sales will be completed from 0.5% to 50%, and major car companies will also jointly declare that they will strive to achieve this goal.
In order to increase the sales of new energy vehicles, the first thing to do is to increase the production of new energy vehicles. As the main driving force of new energy vehicles, the production of lithium batteries is particularly important. Less than a year after everyone was full of confidence and set off in full gear, the biggest obstacle appeared.
The Sackpass Lithium Mine, developed at a cost of $400 million by the Canadian Lithium Company of the Americas, has been protested by Native Americans, and Indian residents living near the lithium mine have recently accused the relevant U.S. departments of approving the development of lithium mines in the "holy land" of the Indigenous people without winning the permission of the tribe's laws. Because Sacpas is of great religious and cultural importance to local tribes, according to the National Historic Preservation Act, the consent of the local tribal population must be obtained before development.
However, the lawsuit was dismissed by a local judge last September. However, Native American Indians are not vegetarians, and their culture is determined to be guarded. In addition to having the defending lawyers speak out for the tribe at the media level, they appealed to the Court of Appeal.
The matter has also attracted the attention of social media in the United States, and many supporters have also launched protection campaigns on the Internet. In addition, environmental organizations and local farmers are also currently filing separate lawsuits, accusing the Sacpas lithium project of seriously damaging the local ecology.
Text | Fu Jia title | Huang Zi gallium trial | Lu Shuoyi