Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
Sep 2025 · Icon Books
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This book critically explores the socio-environmental and economic impacts of lithium mining in the Atacama Desert, Chile, within the context of the global transition to green energy. It examines the historical and ongoing exploitation of natural resources, including narratives that erase Indigenous communities and ecological complexity, while highlighting the dilemmas posed by green capitalism. The author sheds light on the tensions between resource extraction for climate solutions and the resulting environmental degradation and social costs. Aimed at readers interested in environmental studies, political economy, and sustainable development, the book emphasizes the need for a more equitable and sustainable approach to addressing climate change.
This book critically explores the socio-environmental and economic impacts of lithium mining in the Atacama Desert, Chile, within the context of the global transition to green energy. It examines the historical and ongoing exploitation of natural resources, including narratives that erase Indigen...
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Thea Riofrancos has been featured in Granta, the Guardian, the Financial Times, the New York Times and the Washington Post. She is a political science professor at Providence College, and a strategic codirector of the Climate and Community Institute. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
Thea Riofrancos has been featured in Granta, the Guardian, the Financial Times, the New York Times and the Washington Post. She is a political science professor at Providence College, and a strategic codirector of the Climate and Community Institute. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
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