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The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water
Lithium, essential for batteries and the energy transition, is often extracted from brine in water-scarce regions such as Chile's Atacama Desert and Andean salt flats. Reporting highlights how mining operations consume large volumes of water, putting them in competition with Indigenous communities and local agriculture. As demand for electric vehicles accelerates, concerns are growing that the green energy transition is straining water resources in already vulnerable areas.
Why now: Rising demand for electric vehicle batteries is intensifying scrutiny of the environmental costs of lithium extraction.
lithium industryChileAtacama Desertelectric vehicle sector
Evidence
- The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water · Inside Climate News
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