https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHtQLjNGxNg
The Biden administration has been pushing the use of solar as a way to cut US carbon emissions, touting it as a "clean" and "renewable" energy source. But wh

https://www.americanexperiment.org/the-dirty-secret-behind-clean-energy/
The Clear Energy Alliance has produced a very good video debunking the claims that fossil fuels are inherently dirty, and video shines a much-needed light on the dirty underbelly of "clean" energy. Isaac Orr is a former Policy Fellow at Center of the American Experiment. Tags: batteries, clean, coal, energy, natural gas, nuclear, oil, solar

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/06/the-dirty-secret-of-clean-energy/
However, one dirty secret that President Biden and his green allies don't want to talk about is how "clean" solar energy is largely built on forced labor in Xinjiang, China, according to a

https://hbr.org/2021/06/the-dark-side-of-solar-power
The Dark Side of Solar Power. As interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. Summary. Solar energy is a rapidly growing market, which should be good news

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2021/09/17/the-dirty-secret-of-clean-energy/
In an even more extreme case, a Dutch court ordered oil titan Shell to reduce its CO2 emissions by 45% compared to 2019 levels. Either directly or indirectly, ESG investing is constraining the

https://news.sky.com/story/clean-energys-dirty-secret-pond-filled-with-toxic-material-in-northern-china-is-by-product-of-rare-earth-processing-12592342
This pond is clean energy's dirty secret. It is the by-product of rare earth processing. It is open to the air but worse it is seeping into the ground below, poisoning the water.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-dirty-secret-behind-china-s-clean-energy-facade-opinion/ar-AA1kOvCa
After subtracting the number of people who moved in, California lost almost 350,000 residents. Bob Giramma, a 63-year-old business owner, moved away from San Diego and landed in Murfreesboro

https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/news-insights/the-dirty-cost-of-clean-energy/
The clean energy transition demands expanded mining. The World Bank estimates lithium and cobalt demand from clean energy in 2050 to be over 450% of 2018 annual production based on a "well below" 2°C climate scenario (see figure below). When there's a dirty cost of "clean" energy, what is a just future of energy?

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2020/9/7/the-dark-side-of-green-energy/
The Dark Side of Green Energy is about how the world may be creating a huge dependence on rare materials and minerals - and whether the promise of a clean, "green" world will turn out to be

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Lithium-A-Clean-Energy-Solution-with-a-Dirty-Secret.html
The global demand for lithium is booming due to its crucial role in clean energy technologies, but traditional extraction methods pose significant environmental and geopolitical challenges.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-9922413/Are-greenwashed-dirty-secret-clean-energy-deals.html
The dirty secret behind your 'clean' energy deal: Eco tariffs promise to supply 100% renewable electricity - but the power you pay for might not be so green. Many green tariffs are no more

https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/06/solar-panel-waste-environmental-threat-clean-energy/
June 28, 2017 8:00 AM. Discarded solar panels are piling up all over the world, and they represent a major threat to the environment. C lean energy may not be so clean after all. A new study by

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j2gH4f3A14qZsBgrNYq4A05noatvSCUjmuGz_inHfsw/edit#!
A Clean Energy's Dirty Little Secret . Clean energy may not be so clean after all. A new study by Environmental Progress (EP) warns that toxic waste from used solar panels now poses a global environmental threat. The Berkeley-based group found that solar panels create 300 times more toxic waste per unit of energy than nuclear power plants.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tilakdoshi/2020/08/02/the-dirty-secrets-of-clean-electric-vehicles/
The widespread view that fossil fuels are "dirty" and renewables such as wind and solar energy and electric vehicles are "clean" has become a fixture of mainstream media and policy makers

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04082022/inside-clean-energy-dirty-scandal-for-clean-energy-leader/
His coverage deals with the business side of the clean-energy transition and he writes ICN's Inside Clean Energy newsletter. He came to ICN in 2018 after a nine-year tenure at The Columbus

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/07/the-dirty-little-secret-behind-clean-energy-wood-pellets/
Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the EPA, recently announced that wood pellets will be classified as renewable energy similar to solar or wind power. This has caused alarm among some experts

https://archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu/dirty-energy-dilemma-whats-blocking-clean-power-united-states
The book focuses on the world's largest consumer of energy, the US, which with 5 percent of the world's population, consumes 25 percent of its energy. But rather than set an example to conserve or take the lead in unleashing its technological prowess to develop new forms, the US lags behind other nations in energy innovation.

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2287&context=greatplainsresearch
Hladik, Jonathan, "Review ofGreen Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalismby Ozzie Zehner" (2013).Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences. 1291. ... From solar panels to wind farms, biofuels to clean coal, he shows that each "solution" isn't a solution at all. In fact,

https://medium.com/@devinmrawson/the-dirty-truth-behind-clean-energy-5e78d177c6d1
Another clean energy source that can have significant negative impacts on local ecosystems is biofuels. The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is the primary policy governing the use of biofuels in the

https://medium.com/earthsphere/clean-energy-has-a-dirty-secret-2a09bd110dbc
The saying "there is no free lunch" applies to clean energy also because even clean energy has a carbon footprint. But there is a darker secret about clean power that often stays hidden: lead

https://medium.com/amateur-book-reviews/green-illusions-the-dirty-secrets-of-clean-energy-and-the-future-of-environmentalism-8bbfce2a1b5
Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism by Ozzie Zehner (2012) offers a critical view of reality that is a necessary read for anyone who identifies as