Why the U.S. Must Support Critical Mineral Exploration in High-Risk Countries
The United States must provide support to Western companies that are reluctant to mine critical minerals in risky jurisdictions, energy advisor to the White House Amos Hochstein said this week. "We can all live in the capitals and cities around the world and say 'I don't want to do business there.' But what you are really saying is we're not going to have an energy transition," Hochstein said at the Milken Institute Global Conference, as quoted by Reuters. "Because the energy transition is not going to happen if it can only be produced…