The White Gold

You’ve probably seen more and more electric cars on the road. They’re supposed to be the solution, right? Clean, and green. But there’s something you might not know: the batteries inside those Electric Vehicles (EV) connect Berlín to Argentina, and the story isn’t as shiny as in the ads. In the Andes, rivers are drying up and entire communities are resisting destructive lithium mining. This is the hidden cost of Europe’s “green transition”. This month, governments are meeting in Geneva to neg...