Under Scholz’s stewardship, the German industry is struggling to find new technologies and trade partners to provide the backbone for the coming green transformation.
Scientists and NGOs are asking Ottawa to ban the activity, as the country hosts an international marine conservation summit that kicks off on Friday in Vancouver.
A radioactive pond filled in and covered in grass in Sillamae, Estonia, is host to the only major processing plant outside Asia for rare earth metals used in the automotive industry.