The rush to mine metals and a strange story of a solar pioneer
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Christopher Pollon looks back on the dirty history of mining for metals and asks can we do better in the future, as our transition to green energy is dependent on mining metals. And Sugandha Srivastav tells the surprising story of a pioneering solar inventor and his apparent kidnapping that stopped his research in its tracks.
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