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Power Metal

Vince Beiser

How the energy transition and digital technology are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and murder—and how we can do better.

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    Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author of “Power Metal”, a book on how the materials we need for renewable energy and digital technology are spawning environmental havoc, mayhem and murder—and how we can do better.

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