Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source.
The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickananta... Read More
Chileans call for water rights during protest to mark World Water Day.
Protesters marched in the Chilean capital on Saturday, marking World Water Day and demanding expanded access to safe drinking wa... Read More
Lithium in Bolivia: What is behind the contracts signed by the government with Chinese and Russian companies?
The government of Luis Arce has not been able to obtain support for the lithium mining co... Read More
How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium.
Chile is the world’s second-largest producer of lithium and has the largest known reserves of the mineral, according to the U.S. G... Read More
The Rights of Nature Tribunal finds the Chilean forestry model guilty of ecocide and ethnocide, for violating the Rights of Nature and the biocultural rights of the Mapuche People. Here the first page... Read More
Water in Santiago de Chile: a private business with human and environmental costs. The consequences of a privatisation model that prioritises corporate profits over people and the environment. An anal... Read More
The demand for lithium for EV batteries is driving a mining boom in an arid Andes region of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia, home to half the world’s reserves. Hydrologists are warning the mines could d... Read More
Do rivers have rights? Should they have a set of rights that guide how they are used? In September of this year, 2024, the Biobio River in Chile was assigned a Declaration of Rights. This non binding ... Read More
Chile’s environmental watchdog has laid three charges against Anglo American (LON: AAL) for environmental breaches at its El Soldado copper mine, located 125 km north of the capital Santiago.
The Supe... Read More
