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DESCRIPTION:Join author Vince Beiser at the Berkeley Ecology Center for a discussion on 
 his new book, Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the 
 Future.\n\nSponsored by The Lead The Charge campaign.\n\nHosted by The 
 Worker Agency.\n\nTuesday, December 10, 2024 @ 6 p.m.\nBerkeley Ecology 
 Center Store\n2530 San Pablo Avenue\nBerkeley, CA 94702\n\n\n\nAbout the 
 Author\nVince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author. His first 
 book, The World in a Grain, was a finalist for the PEN / E. O. Wilson 
 Literary Science Writing Award and a California Book Award. His work has 
 appeared in Wired, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, and The New York 
 Times, among other publications. He lives with his family in Vancouver, 
 British Columbia. Follow his newsletter at 
 powermetal.substack.com.\n\nAbout Power Metal\nThe powerful ways the metals 
 we need to fuel technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, 
 political upheaval, and rising violence — and how we can do better.\n\nAn 
 Australian millionaire’s plan to mine the ocean floor. Nigerian garbage 
 pickers risking their lives to salvage e-waste. A Bill Gates-backed 
 entrepreneur harnessing AI to find metals in the Arctic.\n\nThese people 
 and millions more are part of the intensifying competition to find and 
 extract the minerals essential for two crucial technologies: the internet 
 and renewable energy. In Power Metal, Vince Beiser explores the Achilles’ 
 heel of “green power” and digital technology – that manufacturing 
 computers, cell phones, electric cars, and other technologies demand 
 skyrocketing amounts of lithium, copper, cobalt, and other materials. 
 Around the world, businesses and governments are scrambling for new places 
 and new ways to get those metals, at enormous cost to people and the 
 planet.\n\nBeiser crisscrossed the world to talk to the people involved and 
 report on the damage this race is inflicting, the ways it could get worse, 
 and how we can minimize the damage. Power Metal is a compelling glimpse 
 into this disturbing yet potentially promising new world.\n\nAbout The 
 Worker Agency: The Worker Agency is a strategic advocacy firm based in the 
 Bay Area seeking to become the most impacftul advocacy agency in the United 
 States. Established in 2018, the firm has supported a myriad of important 
 wins across economic, climate, and racial justice campaigns, especially 
 those focused on the excesses of corporate power.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/12/02/18871177.php
SUMMARY:Power Metal Author Vince Beiser Live at the Berkeley Ecology Center Store
LOCATION:Ecology Center, Berkeley, 2530 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley, CA 94702
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/12/02/18871177.php
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