Climate change

Google climate change and you will find thousands of articles. These cover all aspects of the problem but there is no mention of the problems caused by the mining and disposing of the materials needed for the green new deal. Where are the investigative journalist. The mining of copper in South American, of cobalt in Africa, lithium in Australia and rare earth metals in China are destroying the environment by poisoning the air and water. People living near those mines are suffering from respiratory sickness and the local economy is short on clean water. Add to that the child labor and this is Pulitzer Prize stuff for anyone with enough ambition to look into what is going on. It is a lot like the Ukraine war. Those who are suffering are far away. Those living in the US have clean air and water and are safe from the hostilities of war. Many of these people are the same ones who claim to be the champions of the underdog but they are silent. The idea that wind and solar can replace fossil fuels must be challenged just as the continued fighting in Ukraine must be challenged.