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Lithium
January 30, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Is Joe Manchin a Radical Urbanist?
The Democratic senator claims to be worried about electric vehicles relying on foreign lithium. The best way to fix that would be walkable cities and great public transit.
January 18, 2023
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
The High Cost of Cheap E-Bikes
Electric bicycles are catching on—and their lithium-ion batteries are catching fire. Why is so little being done about it?
October 28, 2021
Merrill Goozner
The Electric Vehicle Revolution Needs a Recycling Revolution, Too
A well-regulated domestic program for recycling lithium batteries could be the key to making renewable energy truly sustainable.
May 12, 2021
Nick Martin
Decolonize the Lithium Boom
Rhetoric about American energy independence has long been used to trample Indigenous rights. The new era of renewables should be different.
July 30, 2020
Andre Pagliarini
Bolivia’s Covid-19 Election Nightmare Is a Warning
The world should be paying close attention to the country’s decision to postpone the vote.
November 16, 2019
Kate Aronoff
Climate Change’s Great Lithium Problem
The crisis in Bolivia has an urgent message for environmental policy in the United States.
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