White Gold: Elon Musk and the Race for Argentina's Lithium

Lithium is powering the world�s energy transition, and multinational mining firms are descending on Argentina�s remote salt flats to supply companies like Tesla. But what about the people who have lived in the region for generations, who now fear that lithium mining is exhausting their water supply? From South America�s Lithium Triangle to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., from the Indigenous Peoples of Catamarca to Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Javier Milei, White Gold tracks the human impact of the green transition.