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How to reduce the impact of mining
Johanna Wolfson of Azolla Ventures on funding cleaner mining for the energy transition.
Jun 4, 2025
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David Roberts
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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
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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
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David Roberts
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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
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David Roberts
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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
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David Roberts
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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
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David Roberts
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1:47:07
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