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Why a Chilean salt flat is a microcosm of the extractive frontiers of green capitalism

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In the Atacama desert, the extraction of lithium – so crucial to addressing the climate crisis – comes with escalating social and environmental costs A high-altitude desert plateau traverses…

The Guardian United Kingdom · 11 October 2026

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