Benner, Chris

Charging forward : Lithium Valley, electric vehicles, and a just future / Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor. - xiii, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Behind the wheel -- Electric Avenue -- Full steam ahead -- Navigating the future -- Driving green justice.

"California's Salton Sea region is home to some of the worst environmental health conditions in the country. Recently, however, it has also become ground zero in the new "lithium gold rush"--the race to power the rapidly expanding electric vehicle and renewable energy storage market. Experts Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor stress that getting the lithium out from under the earth is just a first step: the real question is whether the region and the nation will get out from under the environmental degradation, labor exploitation, and racial injustice that have been as much a part of the landscape as the Salton Sea itself"--

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Lithium mines and mining--California--Salton Sea.
Litio --Lago Salton, California
Electric vehicles--Batteries--Environmental aspects.
Automóviles eléctricos --Baterías --Aspectos ambientales
Environmental justice--United States.
Justicia ambiental --Estados Unidos
Lithium industry--Social aspects--United States.
Industria del litio --Estados Unidos

TN 490 / B469c 2024