While electric cars are often touted as the future of transport and a crucial part of the effort to reach 鈥渘et zero鈥 greenhouse gas emissions, in reality they are not a meaningful solution, argues Ben Radford.
lithium mining
The classification of Australia as a 鈥渄omestic source鈥 within Title III of the United States'聽Defense Production Act should sound alarm bells. Paul Gregoire reports.
Chilean president Gabriel Boric has announced his plan to nationalise the country鈥檚 lithium industry to boost the economy and protect the environment, reports People's Dispatch.
The people of Potos铆 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, write聽Vijay Prashad and Taroa Z煤帽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.