Electrification of buildings and transportation is necessary to addressing the climate crisis, but lithium used in the batteries needed to store that energy comes at a huge cost for communities living near sites of lithium mining.
Local Clean Energy Alliance presents “Lithium Mining Behind the Curtain: What is Equity in an Extractive Energy Transition?”
Speakers will describe the devastating effects of lithium extraction; struggles of people in the US (including California), Chile, and Argentina against the harm done by lithium extraction in their communities; and strategies for reducing the harm—public transportation, efficiency, and recycling.
Speakers:
Johanna Bozuwa, Climate and Community Project
Leslie Quintanilla, Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice
Mariela Loera, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Online. Register here