{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Part 2: The Mining Conundrum For Critical Minerals","description":" This is the second episode of a five-part series exploring the lithium-ion battery supply chain. If you haven\u2019t listened to the first episode, we recommend you start there. To produce enough batteries to reach global net-zero goals, the International Energy Agency says we'll need to increase production of critical minerals by six fold by 2040. It's a monumental task.  It can feel like a contradictory mission. To save the planet, we have to mine more minerals; but mining and processing those minerals increases emissions and often negatively impacts indigenous communities and the environment.  In this episode, we start at the beginning of the battery supply chain: lithium mining.  We\u2019ll ask why so much rides on where and how we source lithium, and whether we can balance growing demand with local communities and the land.  ","author_name":"The Big Switch","author_url":"http:\/\/thebigswitch.libsyn.com\/","html":"