ASEAN’s EV surge runs on untraceable Philippine nickel

ASEAN’s EV surge runs on untraceable Philippine nickel

While these communities grapple with the fallout of extraction, Southeast Asia is racing to an electric-vehicle future. ALBAY, Philippines — Crisologo Anino has spent his life reading the waters off Ayoki Island in Surigao del Sur. But now the sea feels unfamiliar. “The seas are now more dangerous and rougher than before,” he said. In the past, fishers like Anino would stay close to shore during bad weather. Now, pollution from nearby nickel min…