Dirty Facts About Chinas Clean Energy with Diana Furchtgott-Roth
China's production of batteries for electric vehicles is \u201cdefinitely not clean,\u201d says energy expert Diana Furchtgott-Roth. \n \nWithout its own vast natural energy resources, China is the world\u2019s largest energy importer, but has seized on the economic opportunities of the \u201cgreen energy\u201d movement. Yet the production of products such as EVs is causing harm to the environment, says Furchtgott-Roth, director of The Heritage Foundation\u2019s Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment. \n \nChina produces about 80% of the world\u2019s EV batteries and \u201cmining for the critical minerals in the batteries \u2026 causes vast amounts of environmental damage,\u201d she explains. \n \nProduction of one EV battery involves moving \u201chundreds of thousands of pounds of earth to get the critical minerals for one battery,\u201d Furchtgott-Roth notes, adding that \u201cChina is buying mines in Africa so that it can get the critical minerals, [as well as] mines in Latin America.\u201d\n \nFurchtgott-Roth is the co-author of \u201cHow the Forced Energy Transition and Reliance on China Will Harm America,\u201d a new Heritage Foundation report exposing the ways in which the \u201cgreen energy\u201d movement is harming America while benefiting China. She joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to explain it all.