Charging Forward: Lithium Valley, Electric Vehicles, and a Just Future

by Chris Benner

A clarion call for justice in the quest for clean energy

California's Salton Sea region is home to some of the worst environmental health conditions in the country. It is also ground zero for a new "lithium gold rush"--a race to extract a mineral critical to the rapidly expanding electric vehicle and renewable energy storage markets. With enough lithium lurking beneath the surface to provide a third of global demand, who will benefit...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620978741
• ISBN13: 9781620978740
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.8"