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Nevada lithium mine leads to 'green colonialism' accusations (www.bbc.com)

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

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[–] capital 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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 6 points 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.

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