Mining

How to reduce the impact of mining

Johanna Wolfson of Azolla Ventures on funding cleaner mining for the energy transition.

Jun 4 •

1:00:46

What to think about deep-sea mining for clean-energy minerals

The transition to clean energy is going to radically increase demand for a key set of minerals, many of which are mined today in social …

Oct 26, 2022

48:06

The minerals used by clean-energy technologies

For the second post in my clean-energy minerals series, I take a somewhat technical detour into specifics. To wit: which technologies use which…

Feb 7, 2022 •

18:46

Minerals and the clean-energy transition: the basics

The clean-energy transition will require huge amounts of key minerals like lithium and cobalt, used to make cleantech like batteries & wind turbines…

Jan 21, 2022 •

19:37

Discussion thread: materials and mining

The rapid proliferation of batteries and solar panels has highlighted the environmental and ethical issues involved in mining key materials like lithium…

Dec 3, 2021 •

Volts podcast: battery analyst Chloe Holzinger on the possible futures for lithium-ion

A wide-ranging conversation on batteries, materials, and innovations.

May 17, 2021 •

1:47:07

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