Like a body, a mine has its own metabolism. It consumes water, trees and energy, and it releases chemicals, carbon and wastewater. These metabolic processes are supposed to be hidden: few want to see, hear, smell or taste a mine in operation. Unearthing the body of the mine, we ask how Piedmont Lithium highlights certain aspects of the mine’s processes while directing attention away from others.
Mining for the Climate is a co-creation of Nate Otjen and Juan Manuel Rubio. It's a production of Blue Lab at Princeton University.
Episode Credits
Written by Alex Norbrook and Juan Manuel Rubio
Hosted by Alex Norbrook
Sound design by Juan Manuel Rubio
Research and production team: Max Widmann, Alex Norbrook, Grace Wang, Nate Otjen and Juan Manuel Rubio
Music by Purple Planet (www.purple-planet.com), Shake that Little Foot and Pryor Meadows
Shady Grove by Shake That Little Foot is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License
Audio Clip Credits
Gaston County Board of Commissioners July 20, 2021, Gaston County Government, 2021
Copyright 2023 Nate Otjen, Juan Manuel Rubio and Blue Lab. All rights reserved.
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