TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benner,Chris
AU  - Pastor,Manuel
TI  - Charging forward: Lithium Valley, electric vehicles, and a just future 
SN  - 9781620978740 (hc)
AV  - TN 490 B469c 2024
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - The New Press
KW  - Lithium mines and mining
KW  - California
KW  - Salton Sea
KW  - Litio
KW  - Lago Salton, California
KW  - Electric vehicles
KW  - Batteries
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Automóviles eléctricos
KW  - Baterías
KW  - Aspectos ambientales
KW  - Environmental justice
KW  - United States
KW  - Justicia ambiental
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Lithium industry
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Industria del litio
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Behind the wheel -- Electric Avenue -- Full steam ahead -- Navigating the future -- Driving green justice
N2  - "California's Salton Sea region is home to some of the worst environmental health conditions in the country. Recently, however, it has also become ground zero in the new "lithium gold rush"--the race to power the rapidly expanding electric vehicle and renewable energy storage market. Experts Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor stress that getting the lithium out from under the earth is just a first step: the real question is whether the region and the nation will get out from under the environmental degradation, labor exploitation, and racial injustice that have been as much a part of the landscape as the Salton Sea itself"--
ER  -