The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s China deal: rare earths pave the green road to militarisation | Editorial

theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/29/the-guardian-view-on-donald-trumps-china-deal-rare-earths-pave-the-green-road-to-militarisation

Clean tech’s key minerals now drive western rearmament, reviving extractive ambition and exposing the toxic cost of dependence
It’s an irony that the minerals needed to save the planet may help destroy it. Rare earth elements, the mineral backbones of wind turbines and electric vehicles,…

This story appeared on theguardian.com, 2025-06-29 16:00:57.
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