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Dirty Water and Dead Rice: The Cost of the Clean Energy Transition in Rural Minnesota

Mining the critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries could threaten local water supply and Indigenous culture.

By Karina Atkins

Native Americans Harvey Goodsky Jr. and his wife Morningstar harvest wild rice on Rice Lake in north central Minnesota. The Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Aitkin County, in north central Minnesota, is home to pristine a 4,500-acre body of water that provides the wild rice harvest that the Ojibwe have depended on for countless generations.

Processed manoomin, or wild rice, from Ogechie Lake, Kathio Township, Minnesota, on June 29, 2023.

Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall in Northern Minnesota

By Andrew Hazzard, Sahan Journal

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