EditorialA Shell sign at the oil company’s 1500-acre chemical and refining complex in Deer Park, Texas on Jan. 10, 2022. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times)
EditorialA Shell sign at the oil company’s 1500-acre chemical and refining complex in Deer Park, Texas on Jan. 10, 2022. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times)
EditorialA tool used to simulate conditions on a microscale for the refining of spodumene minerals, which contain lithium, in a lab at a mine outside La Corne, Quebec, Aug. 30, 2022. (Brendan George Ko/The New York Times)