Articles

A platform for diverse perspectives on Energy, Environment & Equity

Welcome to the Articles section of the Don’t Get Played Cooperative— This page is a curated collection of articles from across the internet that challenge the prevailing narratives of the renewable energy industry.

While mainstream conversations often paint wind, solar, and other renewable technologies as universally positive solutions, these articles dive deeper—raising questions, spotlighting overlooked consequences, and offering critical perspectives that don’t always make it into the headlines.

We're not here to tell you what to think. We're here to make sure you have access to what’s not being said.

Whether it’s concerns about environmental degradation, land use impacts, corporate influence, rural community disruption, or long-term economic consequences, the goal is to provide a more complete picture—one that respects skepticism and welcomes informed dissent.

If you've come across an article that made you pause, made you think, or made you ask, "Why isn't anyone talking about this?"—send it our way:
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Renewable Energy Industry's Violation of Human Rights

Solar Industry Censorship

N.C. State researchers say solar lobby silencing them

The Carolina Journal - July 2017

(Follow-up) Commissioners stand against solar… again

Commissioner resigns from Power Siting Board

Peakofohio.com - February 2025

Articles

Article Topic Shortcuts

Human Rights Violations

Solar Industry Censorship

Agriculture

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Renewable Energy Industry's Violation of Human Rights

A Dark Spot for the Solar Energy Industry: Forced Labor in Xinjiang

Unpacking clean energy: Human rights impacts of Chinese overseas investment in transition minerals

China accused of scores of abuses linked to ‘green mineral’ mining

The Solar Industry and Climate Advocates Can't Wish Chinese Human Rights Abuses Away

DHS Announces Addition of 37 PRC-Based Companies to UFLPA Entity List

Rights group reports allegations of dozens of abuses in critical minerals supply chains

Press Release: Shocking New Report Exposes Solar Industry’s Reliance on Uyghur Forced Labour

Forced Labor, Child Miners, Payment in Drugs—Clean Energy Supply Chain Has Issues

From Cobalt to Cars: How China Exploits Child and Forced Labor in the Congo

Uyghur Forced Labour in Green Technology

Corruption and child labour have no place in the energy transition

Agriculture

How the U.S. Corn Belt Is Helping Us Understand Climate Change

Corn fields help clean up and protect the environment

Understanding the role of carbon in agriculture – Part 1

Understanding the role of carbon in agriculture – Part 3

Understanding the role of carbon in agriculture – Part 2

Solar Industry Censorship

N.C. State researchers say solar lobby silencing them

(Follow-up) Commissioners stand against solar… again

Commissioner resigns from Power Siting Board

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Battery Energy Storage Systems

The Holy Grail of Battery Storage

Bill Gates Slams Unreliable Wind & Solar: ‘Let’s Quit Jerking Around With Renewables & Batteries

Bulk Battery Storage of Wind Power a Myth

Insane Storage Cost Mean Batteries No Solution to Chaotic Wind Power Delivery

Worthless Wind Power: Australia’s RE Debacle Deepens With 200,000 Victorian Households Left Powerless During Heatwave

The $2.5 trillion reason we can’t rely on batteries to clean up the grid

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