Nevada lithium mine leads to ‘green colonialism’ accusations::The rush to mine lithium for car batteries is dividing environmental and native American communities.

  • capital@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    God dammit. Is this a climate emergency or not?

    Want to reduce our reliance on oil and gas? Then stop tying one hand behind our backs.

    • benwubbleyou@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I agree that it’s a problem but lithium is not an easy mineral to mine or extract and it leads to a lot of nasty biproducts.