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The curse of ’white oil’: electric vehicles’ dirty secret
Brine pools and processing areas of the Rockwood lithium plant on the Atacama salt flat, Chile.
▻https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/08/the-curse-of-white-oil-electric-vehicles-dirty-secret-lithium

The race is on to find a steady source of lithium, a key component in rechargeable electric car batteries. But while the EU focuses on emissions, the lithium gold rush threatens environmental damage on an industrial scale