Vince Beiser

Tell Congress: No Troops on Our Streets President Trump has deployed thousands of National Guard and federal troops into our communities. Tell Congress: No troops on our streets.

Signing a petition might not do much, but feels better than doing nothing. I backed my signature up with a donation to the ACLU of Minesotta. How about you? action.aclu.org/send-message...

What Trump Really Wants From Greenland Critical metals and strategic location, yes, but also something deeper and more disturbing.

What Trump Really Wants From Greenland
Critical metals and strategic location, yes, but also something deeper and more disturbing. #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling
powermetal.substack.com/p/what-trump...

Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Venezuela's Other Riches Plus: a New Year note from me; Rare Earth Explosion Visualized; and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Venezuela's Other Riches
Plus: a New Year note from me; Rare Earth Explosion Visualized; and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better, in the latest POWER METAL.

powermetal.substack.com/p/venezuelas...

Well written and exceptionally enlightening — concerning an extremely serious matrix of problems about which far too many of us are largely oblivious.

Strongest possible recommendation!

Power Metal | Vince Beiser | Substack How the energy transition and digital technology are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and murder—and how we can do better. Click to read Power Metal, by Vince Beiser, a Substack publi...

Thanks very much, Jedediah! Delighted to hear all of it. BTW, uou might also be interested in the Power Metal newsletter...it's been on holiday hiatus but new issue coming this week. powermetal.substack.com

For non-fiction I loved:
Power Metal by @vincebeiser.bsky.social

Crossings by @bengoldfarb.bsky.social

Holding It Together by @jessicacalarco.com

Thanks for the shoutout!

Bad As It Is, Metal Mining Generates Much Less Waste Than Coal or Oil Extraction Plus: EV Sales Fall in North America, Boom Everywhere Else; Last Minute Gift Ideas; and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Bad As It Is, Metal Mining Generates Much Less Waste Than Coal or Oil Extraction
Plus: EV Sales Fall in North America, Boom Everywhere Else; Last Minute Gift Ideas; and more in the latest Power Metal.

powermetal.substack.com/p/bad-as-it-...

Demented, depraved

‘Come North!’ Canada Makes Play for H-1B Visa Holders With New Talent Drive

“If you want to live in the best country on the earth, that is also the safest, and the one that will actually respect your work and offer you the right environment to flourish, well, come to Canada,” she said. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...

Why there’s no such thing as clean energy: from a prize-winning new book An excerpt from "Power Metal: The Race for Resources That Will Shape the Future."

Why there's no such thing as clean energy www.thestar.com/news/insight...

The Real Cost of Black Friday Electronics Plus: Power Metal Wins a Big Prize!

The Real Cost of Black Friday Electronics - my latest powermetal.substack.com/p/the-real-c...

Forwarding this to all the drug dealers and human traffickers out there. They'll appreciate the heads-up.

Thanks James! Great meeting you.

Thanks Vass, and back at you! Keep in touch.

Whoa! My book Power Metal just won the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy, one of Canada’s biggest literary awards! Honored and grateful to the @writerstrust.bsky.social and the Balsillie Family Foundation. Check out the other finalists—they're all outstanding. www.writerstrust.com/awards/balsi...

The Real Cost of Black Friday Electronics From environmental harm to child labor, the metals in your gadgets cost far more than the sale price.

If you’re one of the millions of Americans aiming to score new electronics this #BlackFriday, "you might want to consider the real costs of that sale-priced gizmo," writes @vincebeiser.bsky.social.

From environmental harm to child labor, the metals in these products cost far more than you think.

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The Auto Industry Was Warned: Battery Recycling Was Poisoning People

The Auto Industry Was Warned: Battery Recycling Was Poisoning People www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...

One Indigenous Community's Mining Windfall Is Another’s Worry | The Tyee As the Tahltan benefit from Red Chris and other critical metal plays, 14 Alaskan nations are pushing back.

One Indigenous Community's Mining Windfall Is Another's Worry via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era - thelocal.to/investigatin...

Even Saudi Arabia Is Betting Big on Renewables (Unlike the US) Plus: America Stops Making Cents, how car battery recycling is killing people, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Even Saudi Arabia Is Betting Big on Renewables (Unlike the US)
Plus: America Stops Making Cents, how car battery recycling is killing people, and more in the latest Power Metal!
#criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals powermetal.substack.com/p/even-saudi...

Hoe we op een duurzame manier onze honger naar metalen kunnen stillen Door de energietransitie neemt de vraag naar zeldzame metalen toe. Dit kan schadelijk zijn voor het milieu.

Hey Power Metal readers in the Netherlands: Hoe we op een duurzame manier onze honger naar metalen kunnen stillen www.newscientist.nl/premium/hoe-...:

This needs to get a LOT of traction.

Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month

Good: Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

One Indigenous Community's Mining Windfall Is Another’s Worry Plus: Another American Company Wants to Mine the Sea Floor; Accidental Metal Art; and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

One Indigenous Community's Mining Windfall Is Another’s Worry
; and more in this week's Power Metal! #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/one-indige...

Vapes Are Even Worse Than You Think Plus: Rare Earth Trade War Ceasefire, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Vapes Are Even Worse Than You Think
Plus: Rare Earth Trade War Ceasefire, and more in the latest Power Metal newsletter! #criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling powermetal.substack.com/p/vapes-are-...

US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution

This pretty much says it all: US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...