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.