Charging Forward - Lithium Valley, Electric Vehicles, and a Just Future

"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"--

About the author

Chris Benner is the director of the Institute for Social Transformation and the Everett Program for Technology and Social Change at UC Santa Cruz. The co-author, with Manuel Pastor, of Charging Forward: Lithium Valley, Electric Vehicles, and a Just Future (The New Press), he lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Benner, Chris Pastor Benner, Benner Chris, Manuel Pastor
• Publisher: New press usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2024
• EAN: 9781620978740
• ISBN: 978-1-62097-874-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, California, TRANSPORTATION / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Pollution Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Conservation of the environment, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Pollution control, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmental policy and protocols, Transport Technology & Trades, Electric vehicles / alternative fuel vehicles