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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T08:55:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Clean Energy",
    "Justice & Health",
    "books",
    "chile",
    "Electric Vehicles",
    "energy transition",
    "Environmental Justice",
    "EVs",
    "lithium",
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  "textContent": "From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Thea Riofrancos, the author of “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism.” Electric vehicle sales are skyrocketing. In 2025, more than one in five new cars sold globally were electric. But while electrifying transportation is essential to addressing […]",
  "title": "How to Think About the Extractive Problem of Lithium Mining"
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