Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source

Grist
By Muriel AlarcónMar 26, 2025, 4:44 am258 pts
In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, there is barely any movement. It’s midday and the sun beats down from a cloudless sky. At this hour, the streets remain largely empty. Every now and then, a truck interrupts the silence of its steep and…

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