While electric cars are often touted as the future of transport and a crucial part of the effort to reach βnet zeroβ greenhouse gas emissions, in reality they are not a meaningful solution, argues Ben Radford.
lithium mining
The classification of Australia as a βdomestic sourceβ within Title III of the United States'Β Defense Production Act should sound alarm bells. Paul Gregoire reports.
Chilean president Gabriel Boric has announced his plan to nationalise the countryβs lithium industry to boost the economy and protect the environment, reports People's Dispatch.
The people of PotosΓ in Bolivia, like the people of Tierra Amarilla in Chile, want to imagine a different kind of extraction: one that does not destroy the Earth, writeΒ Vijay Prashad and Taroa ZΓΊΓ±iga Silva.
Rio Tinto's plan to mine lithium in Serbia has been scuttled in the wake of Novak Djokovic's deportation and against a backdrop of huge anti-mining protests and the country's upcoming elections in April, reports Binoy Kampmark.