{"id":3741,"date":"2021-11-19T04:37:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T03:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/19\/rio-tintos-past-casts-a-shadow-over-serbias-hopes-of-a-lithium-revolution\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T04:37:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T03:37:11","slug":"rio-tintos-past-casts-a-shadow-over-serbias-hopes-of-a-lithium-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/19\/rio-tintos-past-casts-a-shadow-over-serbias-hopes-of-a-lithium-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Tinto\u2019s past casts a shadow over Serbia\u2019s hopes of a lithium revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People in the Jadar valley fear environmental catastrophe as Europe presses for self-sufficiency in battery technology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read more in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/series\/battery-life\">Battery life series<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photographs by Vladimir Zivojinovic<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A battery sign, flashing dangerously low, appears superimposed over a view of the globe as seen from space. \u201cGreen technologies, electric cars, clean air \u2013 all of these depend on one of the most significant lithium deposits in the world, which is located right here in Jadar, Serbia,\u201d a gravel-voiced narrator announces. \u201cWe completely understand your concerns about the environment. Rio Tinto is carrying out detailed analyses, so as to make all of us sure that we develop the Jadar project in line with the highest environmental, security and health standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beamed into the country\u2019s living rooms on the public service channel RTS, the slick television ad, shown just after the evening news, finishes with images of reassuring scientists and a comforted young couple walking into the sunset: \u201cRio Tinto: Together we have the chance to save the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/nov\/19\/rio-tintos-past-casts-a-shadow-over-serbias-hopes-of-a-lithium-revolution\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5236b28ca851e375e4c6f43112a1e82c14e40d39\/0_0_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=797fe7c50a894afea5ddaf9af89f265c\" title=\"Rio Tinto\u2019s past casts a shadow over Serbia\u2019s hopes of a lithium revolution\" \/>People in the Jadar valley fear environmental catastrophe as Europe presses for self-sufficiency in battery technology<br \/>\nRead more in the Battery life series<\/p>\n<p>Photographs by Vladimir Zivojinovic<br \/>\nA battery sign, flashing dangerously low, appears superimposed over a view of the globe as seen from space. \u201cGreen technologies, electric cars, clean air \u2013 all of these depend on one of the most significant lithium deposits in the world, which is located right here in Jadar, Serbia,\u201d a gravel-voiced narrator announces. \u201cWe completely understand your concerns about the environment. Rio Tinto is carrying out detailed analyses, so as to make all of us sure that we develop the Jadar project in line with the highest environmental, security and health standards.\u201d<br \/>\nBeamed into the country\u2019s living rooms on the public service channel RTS, the slick television ad, shown just after the evening news, finishes with images of reassuring scientists and a comforted young couple walking into the sunset: \u201cRio Tinto: Together we have the chance to save the planet.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in the Jadar valley fear environmental catastrophe as Europe presses for self-sufficiency in battery technology Read more in the Battery life series Photographs by Vladimir Zivojinovic A battery sign, flashing dangerously low, appears superimposed over a view of the globe as seen from space. \u201cGreen technologies, electric cars, clean air \u2013 all of these &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/19\/rio-tintos-past-casts-a-shadow-over-serbias-hopes-of-a-lithium-revolution\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rio Tinto\u2019s past casts a shadow over Serbia\u2019s hopes of a lithium revolution<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3741"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}