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February 9, 2024 17 mins

The road ahead for the Carolina Lithium project seems uncertain. In this final episode, we look at the greatest obstacle confronting Piedmont Lithium: convincing the Gaston County Board of Commissioners to approve their rezoning request.

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.

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Written by Nate Otjen

Hosted by Nate Otjen

Sound design by Nate Otjen and 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

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More Mobility with Less Mining, Climate and Community, 2023 

Copyright 2023 Nate Otjen, Juan Manuel Rubio and Blue Lab (bluelabmedia.org). All rights reserved.

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