Episode 2: Land Histories and Futures Mining for the Climate

Building a mine requires a substantial amount of land. This episode investigates the tactics used by Piedmont Lithium to accumulate a critical amount of land for its operations. We take listeners to visit burned-out houses and empty lots and to meet the neighbors who sold and those who remain.
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 Max Widmann
Hosted by Max Widmann
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
Senator Thom Tillis at Piedmont Lithium HQ Open House, Piedmont Lithium, 2022
Gaston County Board of Commissioners October 24, 2023 Meeting, Gaston County Government, 2023
Copyright 2023 Nate Otjen, Juan Manuel Rubio and Blue Lab. All rights reserved.