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Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston at a mining conference
Mining

Lithium is a tough market. Nova Scotia wants in.

by Evert Lindquist

Premier Tim Houston and industry leaders are boosting lithium exploration in hopes of tapping forecasted demand growth

Mining

U.S. mines are wasting a huge amount of critical minerals

by Tik Root

A new study found that the potential for recovery of minerals such as lithium and manganese could more than satisfy U.S. demand

lithium mining, clean energy, minerals, africa
Mining

Is the 'clean energy' mineral boom failing Africa?

by Malavika Vyawahare

A Global Witness report exposes how the lithium mining rush is reproducing the same model of extractivism that has impoverished African countries

lithium mine
Fall 2023/Mining

Lessons from the 'white gold' rush in Latin America’s lithium triangle

by Natalie Alcoba

Can three countries in the most lithium-rich place on Earth use the green revolution to break free from the extractive patterns of

lithium, battery power, renewables
Energy

Forget lithium: Are zinc batteries a better way forward?

by Storm William D Gourley and Drew Higgins

Finding a cheap, safe and abundant alternative to lithium batteries is the key to a completely renewable power sector. Zinc may be

battery storage, lithium, renewable energy, Indigenous
Energy/Summer 2023

Six Nations leading the charge on Canada's largest battery farm

by John Lorinc

On a sleepy swath of farmland near the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve, work crews will begin planting a very

lithium, batteries, green energy
Circular Economy

The vapes we throw out could be powering thousands of EVs

by Chris Bonasia

As demand for lithium soars, there's an untapped trove of the precious mineral in the millions of e-cigarette batteries that end up

lithium mining electric vehicles mine Nevada Corporate Knights
Mining

Can the U.S. transition to electric vehicles while avoiding dirty mining?

by Chris Bonasia

A new report lays out a pathway for how the U.S. can cut lithium demand and avoid harms to biodiversity and Indigenous

Killing convetional cars
Transportation/Winter 2021

The top trends killing the auto industry

by Jim Harris

Cheaper batteries, COVID-19 and autonomous tech are all driving the death of legacy car companies

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