Why a Chilean salt flat is a microcosm of the extractive frontiers of green capitalism
In the Atacama desert, the extraction of lithium – so crucial to addressing the climate crisis – comes with escalating social and environmental costs A high-altitude desert plateau traverses Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. I am on the Chilean side, sitting in a Jeep along with two other researchers. The afternoon air is thin and brisk but the sun is piercing – a combination I am familiar with from years of living…
Àkótán ìròyìn
In the Atacama desert, the extraction of lithium – so crucial to addressing the climate crisis – comes with escalating social and environmental costs A high-altitude desert plateau traverses Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. I am on the Chilean side, sitting in a Jeep along with two other researchers. The afternoon air is thin and brisk but the sun is piercing – a combination I am familiar with from years of living…
Tẹ̀lé ìròyìn tuntun láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn olùtẹ̀jáde tó ṣeé gbẹ́kẹ̀lé pẹ̀lú àkótán kúkúrú. Ṣí ìjápọ̀ orísun àtilẹ̀wá fún àlàyé.