Norway is a leader in the shift to clean energy. Almost all of its electricity now comes from renewable sources. Norway also has big plans to go all-in on electric cars. They’ll need a lot of minerals like copper silver and lithium, for batteries and electric grids. To that end, Norway plans to build a new copper mine in the Arctic. Some see this as trading one environmental problem for another. From Hammerfest, Norway, Brett Simpson reports.
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