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Mining lithium for electric cars might harm flamingos in Chile

Demand for electric vehicles is growing exponentially, with companies selling more EVs in a week last year than they did in all of 2012. And that could put flamingos and other birds at risk, a new study suggests.

Water or mineral? In Chile, a debate over lithium brine

Water or mineral? In Chile, a debate over lithium brine

Scientists and local Indigenous communities warn of problems with lithium mining beneath the Atacama Salt Flat.
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