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Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Faces an Economics Gap, and One State Is Responding

Recycling some EV batteries costs more than the materials are worth, creating a structural problem for the clean-energy transition. Colorado has passed legislation aimed at addressing the gap.

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This story restores the context behind a clean-energy assumption many readers hold, that EVs are straightforwardly better, inviting honest stewardship thinking rather than tribal reaction in either
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