Major German coal miner to invest $1.6 billion in green energy
LEAG will develop 7 gigawatts of wind and solar by 2030 at the Boxberg opencast mine, with the first gigawatt of generating capacity commissioned in four years time.
While Black and low-income communities benefit from decarbonization strategies, they still face higher levels of air pollution and related health effects.
"It makes us the largest collector, packager and processor of both end of life batteries and battery manufacturing scrap in North America,” says CEO David Klanecky.
Proposals to soften the impact of surging power prices will not shield metals producers from further production cuts and job losses, industry groups say.