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The Salinas Grandes in northern Argentina is home to large deposits of lithium, a key mineral in the fight against climate change. But Indigenous leaders in the region say mining the mineral could harm their water supply. We hear how communities are pushing back against potential lithium extraction. And, how new methods of mining are being tested - ways of extracting lithium that aren't so damaging to the local environment.
By CBC4.6
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The Salinas Grandes in northern Argentina is home to large deposits of lithium, a key mineral in the fight against climate change. But Indigenous leaders in the region say mining the mineral could harm their water supply. We hear how communities are pushing back against potential lithium extraction. And, how new methods of mining are being tested - ways of extracting lithium that aren't so damaging to the local environment.

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