Media Articles

Park, S. (2023) “Critical Minerals: Can Australia Mine its Way out of the Climate Crisis?” Sydney Environment Institute https://soundcloud.com/sei_sydney/critical-minerals-can-australia-mine-its-way-out-of-the-climate-crisis

Park, S. (2023) “The critical minerals endgame?” Australian Strategic Policy Institute https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-critical-minerals-end-game/

Kramarz, T. (2022) “The Green Energy Transition Has an Extractivism Problem,” https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/environmental-impact-mining-extractivism-green-energy-transition/

Kingsbury, D. V. (2021, July 20). ‘Green’ Extractivism and the Limits of Energy Transitions: Lithium, Sacrifice, and Maldevelopment in the Americas. Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/07/20/green-extractivism-and-the-limits-of-energy-transitions-lithium-sacrifice-and-maldevelopment-in-the-americas/

Teresa, K., Park, S. & Johnson, C. (2021, June 16). “Some Inconvenient Truths in the Race to a Renewable Energy Transition.” The Hill Times. https://www.hilltimes.com/2021/06/16/some-inconvenient-truths-in-the-race-to-a- renewable-energy-transition/301656

Lawrence, R., Viney, G., & Park, S. (2020, November 13). Social Impact Assessment Guidelines: The Devil is in The Implementation. Sydney Environment Institute. https://sei.sydney.edu.au/opinion/social-impact-assessment-guidelines-the-devil-is-in-the-implementation/

Media Appearances & Lectures

Kramarz, T. (2023, news commentary) “Exploring Canada’s Lithium Rush,” CBC The Current https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/15965070-exploring-canadas-lithium-rush

Johnson, C. (2023, news commentary) “Lithium, coined 'the new oil,' is shifting global markets. Here's what you need to know about it,” CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/lithium-in-the-world-1.6841339

Kramarz, T. (2023, news commentary) “Electric vehicles promise environmental wins. But could there be environmental costs?” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/electric-vehicles-environmental-impact-1.6723430

Barandiarán, J. (2022, March 10). Lithium Futures in Chile, Argentina, and the United States [Lecture]. American Academy in Berlin. https://www.americanacademy.de/event/lithium-futures-in-chile-argentina-and-the-united-states/

Barandiarán, J. (2022, May 24). Javiera Barandiarán: Environmental Memory and Regulation: Reflections from Lithium-Rich Salt Flats [Lecture]. HU Berlin REWI. https://www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/de/lf/oe/lsi/termine/javiera-barandiaran-environmental-memory-and-regulation-reflections-from-lithium-rich-salt-flats

Evergreen, S. (2022, February 5). “Elephant in the room”: Clean energy’s need for unsustainable minerals (with comments from Teresa Kramarz). Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/elephant-in-the-room-clean-energys-need-for-unsustainable-minerals/      

Park, S. (2020, May 26). Protecting Environmental Rights through International Grievance Mechanisms? [Lecture]. Advances in Cleaner Production Network. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbNeOIazaXM

The Ecopolitics Podcast. (2022, January 31). How can we confront the environmental challenges associated with Canadian mining? (with special guest Teresa Kramarz) https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/episode-3-5-how-can-we-confront-the-environmental-challenges-associated-with-canadian-mining/