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Thea Riofrancos on Tackling Transition and Consumption

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The Politics of Mining in Latin America

The Center for Biological Diversity Nevada Director Patrick Donnelly maintains a map of lithium mining in Western states. Donnelly has mapped like 110 projects at some level of like permitting or financing across just the Western part of the United States. "It's going to spark conflicts that don't look that different from conflicts in Latin America," he says. 'I think shows us what a society looks like that is driven over conflicts over extraction'

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