Yes, In My Backyard

In the Arctic communities of Alaska, leaders are not just giving a thumbs up to a graphite mine that could support hundreds of thousands of Electric Vehicles a year. They are investing in it.

The Inupiat, Siberian Yupik, and Central Yup’ik people on the Seward Peninsula in Alaska see a history of subsistence hunting and fishing in a region rich in caribou, walrus, seals, salmon, halibut, and shellfish. 

They see a future of electric vehicles.

Their land sits atop a massive deposit of American graphite, targeted for mining, processing, and use …