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Tesla Needs Graphite. Alaska Has Plenty. But Mining It Raises Fears In Nearby Native Villages

27 Sep 2023 | Abstracted from APM Reports

"..the prospective site of a mile-wide open pit mine that could reach deep below the tundra - into the largest known deposit of graphite in the United States...the Biden administration...recently announced up to $37.5 million in subsidies for Graphite One...The Nome-based corporation, Bering Straits Native Corp., also agreed to invest $2 million in Graphite One...tensions surrounding Graphite One’s project underscore how the rush to bolster domestic manufacturing of electric vehicles threatens a new round of disruption to tribal communities..."

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