Vince Beiser

The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada | The Tyee Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.

Brave reporter! The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

America's War on Iran Depends on Chinese Hardware Missiles, fighter jets, drones, aircraft carriers, submarines—they all depend on critical metals controlled by Beijing.

America Is Waging War on Iran With Chinese Hardware
Missiles, fighter jets, drones, submarines—they all depend on critical metals controlled by Beijing.
#criticalmetals #criticalminerals #batterymetals #transitionmetals #sustainability #recycling
powermetal.substack.com/p/america-is...

Why (Some) Environmentalists Are Embracing Nuclear Power Author Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow and I discuss how scary nukes really are, ways to think about waste, and how Russian weapons once helped power the American grid.

Why (Some) Environmentalists Are Embracing Nuclear Power:
Author Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow and I discuss how scary nukes really are, ways to think about waste, and how Russian weapons once helped power the American grid. powermetal.substack.com/p/atomic-dre...

‘That could have literally killed me’: Bystander recalls night immigration agent accidentally fired gun in Eagan hotel Federal immigration agent Bradley Shaver accidentally fired his gun at the Eagan Hampton Inn, shooting a bullet into the next room.

ICE agent's gun goes off in hotel, narrowly misses guy in next room sahanjournal.com/public-safet...

DHS confirms ICE agent fatally shot US citizen in 2025 Ruben Ray Martinez was shot through his driver's-side window in South Padre Island, Texas.

ICE agents killed a US citizen in Texas:
www.newsweek.com/dhs-confirms...

Trump's lust for Greenland’s rare earth minerals faces harsh Arctic realities Experts cite the difficulties of mining in an inhospitable, fast-changing polar environment.

Trump's lust for Greenland’s rare earth minerals faces harsh Arctic realities www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"Cars offer the illusion that each individual can seek his or her own benefit at the expense of everyone else."

—André Gorz

(photo: São Paulo, #Brazil)

Are electric cars really an environmental success story? It is not lost on local communities that the global South is being asked to bear the environmental cost of making batteries for electric cars so that wealthy countries can decarbonize.

Are electric cars really an environmental success story? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/11/o...

Good lord, Google News, can you please get better at pairing headlines and pictures?!

Vancouver councillors push for World Cup to ban ICE agents On Tuesday, Green Party councillor Pete Fry and COPE councillor Sean Orr submitted notice of a motion to ban ICE agents from being deployed in any FIFA-related security operations during the six-week ...

They've got my vote! Vancouver councillors push for World Cup to ban ICE agents www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/03/n...

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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