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Hemp, the world’s most sustainable raw material, can be integrated into car bodies and used as a biofuel. Henry Ford was the first engineer to include hemp fibres in car parts. Meanwhile, premium manufacturers are discovering the advantages of hemp in car construction. Including hemp makes cars lighter and safer.

The largest building in the world is currently being built in the Nevada desert. Construction is not over yet, but Tesla’s Gigafactory already occupies a space measuring more than 1.9 million square metres (two million square feet ). It was commissioned by Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world. Musk is hailed by many as the saviour of the ailing automotive industry. Since he declared war on the oil industry, he has rapidly moved from success to success with his car company Tesla.

However, climate experts agree that electric cars are not the panacea that some believe them to be. The production and disposal of lithium batteries are not only expensive, but also bad for the environment. There is a green alternative to steel and batteries that is little discussed but offers extremely good prospects: products based on hemp.

Hemp, the world’s most sustainable raw material

Hemp has been used for thousands of years for products such as ropes and clothing. After World War II growing hemp became illegal. This was partly due to the lobbying of DuPont, the American manufacturer of synthetic materials. Only in 2018 was the cultivation of hemp re-legalised in the USA.

“Fortunately!” says the CEO of HempFlax, Mark Reinders, when asked. “Hemp is the most sustainable raw material in the world. You don’t need pesticides for its cultivation because it grows faster than weeds. Yield per hectare is also amazing. From each hectare of hemp, we harvest 2000 kg of fibre, compared to about 400 kg of cotton.” HempFlax is the world leader in hemp production. The company, which was founded in 1993, cultivates hemp in the Netherlands, Germany and Romania.

The possibilities of hemp are endless. HempFlax hemp is used, for example, indoor panels for Mercedes, Bentley, Bugatti and BMW. Reinders says, “Door panels usually consist of plastic and fibre. Hemp is thirty times lighter than glass fibre, which reduces the fuel costs of cars. In addition, only one tenth of the energy is needed to produce hemp.”

So, is hemp cheaper than other fibres? Reinders hesitates, “Only if the oil price stays above 100 dollars per barrel, then we can keep up. Still, we are not too expensive. Indeed, glass fibre is far too cheap because manufacturers don’t pay for the environmental damage and CO2 emissions they cause.”

https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/hemp-cars-are-hemp-based-fuel-and-plastic-the-future/

Hemp Cars: Are Hemp-Based Fuel and Plastic the Future?

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China’s REE Empire

China was only able to establish such dominance over the REE industry in large part because of lax environmental regulations. Low cost, high pollution methods enabled China to outpace competitors and create a strong foothold in the international REE market. This market is now booming: China spiked its outputs for the first half of 2021 by more than 27 percent, hitting record levels of REE extraction as demand increases.

The most infamous mine in China is Bayan-Obo, the largest REE mine in the world. Even more infamous than the mine itself is the tailing pond it has produced: there are over 70,000 tons of radioactive thorium stored in the area. This has become a larger issue recently because the tailing pond lacks proper lining. As a result, its contents have been seeping into groundwater and will eventually hit the Yellow River, a key source of drinking water. Currently, the sludge is moving at a pace of 20-30 meters per year, a dangerously rapid rate.

There are plenty more examples of unsafe mines throughout China. The village of Lingbeizhen in the Southern Jiangxi province has leaching ponds and wastewater pools exposed to open air. It is easy to imagine toxic chemicals spilling into groundwater or waterways since they are left unmonitored and vulnerable to the whims of nature. In another mine, so much wastewater was created that China had to build a treatment facility to clean 40,000 tons of wastewater per day before letting the water flow back into the river.

Workers are also suffering from health complications due to exposure to these toxic chemicals. Worker safety is not prioritized or monitored in these mines, resulting in skin irritation and disruptions to their respiratory, nervous, and cardiovascular systems. Human rights abuses have been reported throughout mines in these areas as laborers are overworked and underpaid.

China has taken some steps to address issues arising from REE mining, but not nearly enough. China estimates US$5.5 billion in damage from illegal mining that needs to be cleaned. The Chinese government has also acknowledged the existence of so-called “cancer villages” where a disproportionately large number of people have fallen ill with cancer due to mining-based pollution. Officials have shut down some smaller illegal mining operations, looking to consolidate mining under six state-owned groups that the Chinese government claims will maintain better practices surrounding toxic waste management, but farmers claim state-owned companies are just as bad. Some argue state-owned companies are worse because they poison communities with governmental support. For example, in Zhongshan, a company claimed it was extracting resources before the government built a highway in the area, but after the highway was finished, it refused to leave. People in the area began noticing wastewater seeping into their farms, and they were forced to inhale sulfur every time they went outside. 15 protestors were arrested in 2015, and ten more protestors were arrested two years later. Some farmers from Yulin, an area with REE mining, have a similar story: they started protesting when they saw their crops and livelihoods being affected by REE extra

https://hir.harvard.edu/not-so-green-technology-the-complicated-legacy-of-rare-earth-mining/

In 2026, the OHCHR described China's policies toward the Uyghurs as potentially amounting to "forcible transfer and/or enslavement as a crime against humanity."

] In 2026, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that China's policies toward the Uyghurs contain "coercive elements…so severe that they may amount to forcible transfer and/or enslavement as a crime against humanity."[36]

In addition to mass detention, government policies have included forced labor and factory work,[6][7] suppression of Uyghur religious practices,[8] political indoctrination,[9] forced sterilization,[10] forced contraception,[11][12] and forced abortion.[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_China

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China rejects UN experts' concerns for alleged forced labour in Xinjiang

By Reuters

January 23, 20261:08 AM PSTUpdated January 23, 2026

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-rejects-un-experts-concerns-alleged-forced-labour-xinjiang-2026-01-23/

Uighur Militancy in Syria and Its Impact on Chinese Regional Ambitions

https://www.specialeurasia.com/2026/03/28/uighur-syria-china/

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Google censorship in different countries

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January 30, 2019 Vuk Mujović

What is Google censorship and how it works in different countries? Learn how works Google and YouTube censorship and why it exists.

Even though for the last three years Google has been a daughter company to Alphabet Inc, and doesn’t make their own corporate policy, people still call the whole corporation Google, as it is the largest part of the conglomeration.

Alphabet Inc. is currently the second largest corporation on the Planet, vying for first place with Apple, as these companies have switched to the leading position a few times now. This massive amount of income and a large number of companies and industries where Alphabet, usually only referred to as Google, has influence means that any wrongdoing on the part of the company will influence people around the world

https://www.le-vpn.com/google-censorship/

Katie Porter and influencer behind Swalwell allegations "don't have a relationship to speak of," campaign says

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/katie-porter-influencer-cheyenne-hunt-eric-swalwell-allegations/

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Angelina Jolie feels irked by Brad Pitt’s latest financial growth

Angelina Jolie feels irked by Brad Pitt’s latest financial growth. Jolie’s ex-husband, Brad Pitt, has found success with his movie "F1" and has earned a $100 million paycheck from it.

Source said, "It bugs Angelina that Brad has money to burn while she has to be a whole lot more cautious".

Despite being wealthy, she has allegedly been under a “lot of pressure to balance the books.”

https://angelinajoliesite.blogspot.com/2026/04/angelina-jolie-feels-irked-by-brad.html

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