The rush to ‘go electric’ comes with a hidden cost: destructive lithium mining

Does fighting the climate crisis mean sacrificing communities and #ecosystems? Will #green technology kill Chile's deserts?

@The Guardian raises questions about the chaos that the growing demand for #lithium is creating in northern Chile.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/14/electric-cost-lithium-mining-decarbonasation-salt-flats-chile