Increasing demand for electric vehicles means increasing demand for lithium. New mining is damaging, but recycling lithium will reduce that damage. We speak with an expert on the benefits of recycling, but also consider the concrete steps we should take now to ensure a robust recapture process in the future.

The reading list:

• The Climate Minute's Lithium Series, Episode 1- The Lithium Lens
• The Climate Minute's Lithium Series, Episode 2- Lithium at the Critical Juncture
• The Climate Minute's Lithium Series, Episode 3-Troubling facts about mining.
• The Climate Minute's Lithium Series, Episode 4 -A lithium mine threatens Thacker Pass
• The Climate Minute's Lithium Series, Episode 5- Ends, Means, Nonviolence and Lithium
• Earthworks: Making Clean Energy Clean
• Earthworks: Recycle, don't mine
• Earthworks: Just MInerals
• Wired: Race to recycle batteries
• NREL Circular vision for batteries

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for a building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist the United States transform it’s energy sector, over the next decade, under a just and equitable plan, that uses regulations, investments and a price on carbon to safeguard our collective future.

Thanks for listening.

…Ted McIntyre