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“An essential read for anyone concerned about the future.”
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction
From Award-Winning Journalist Vince BEiser
“Eye-opening…
A must read.”
—Daniel Pink,
The Power of Regret
“Power Metal should be the next book you read.”
—Mark Kurlansky,
Salt and Cod
“[A] bracing tour of how we are destroying the planet in the name of saving it.”
—Parag Khanna,
Connectography and Move
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“An essential read for anyone concerned about the future.”
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction
From Award-Winning Journalist Vince BEiser
“Eye-opening…
A must read.”
—Daniel Pink,
The Power of Regret
“Power Metal should be the next book you read.”
—Mark Kurlansky,
Salt and Cod
“[A] bracing tour of how we are destroying the planet in the name of saving it.”
—Parag Khanna,
Connectography and Move
About Vince
Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author. He has reported from over 100 countries, states, provinces, kingdoms, occupied territories, no man’s lands and disaster zones. Vince has exposed conditions in California’s harshest prisons, trained with US Army soldiers, ridden with the first responders to natural disasters, and hunted down other stories from around the world.
About Power Metal
The powerful ways the metals we need to fuel technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and rising violence — and how we can do better.
Praise for Vince's Work
Power Metal is a necessary, illuminating, and often shocking read.
—John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather
Vince Beiser’s Power Metal should be the next book you read.
—Mark Kurlansky, author of Salt and Cod
...a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of our planet.
—Daniel Pink, author of
Drive and The Power of Regret
A powerful lens on an under-reported environmental crisis.
—Nature (on The World in a Grain)
Beiser peppers research with first-person interviews in an engaging and nuanced introduction to the ways sand has shaped the world.... stunning.
—NPR
The World in a Grain is nothing less than one of the best reporters working today unpacking the literal foundations of civilization.
—Adam Rogers, author of Proof: The Science of Booze
Also by Vince Beiser
The deadly global war for the world’s most important yet most overlooked commodity: sand.
“[An] impassioned and alarming report on sand… In Beiser’s artful telling, the planet is caught up in a vicious, sand-fueled cycle.”
—Washington Post
Featured Video
Vince Talks Power Metal on The Daily Show
Featured Interview
Mining and the clean energy paradox
NPR's Marketplace
Today we’re talking about a key piece of the global transition to renewable energy: metals. Specifically, metals like copper, lithium and cobalt that we need to build wind turbines, electric vehicles and to improve our energy grid.
Featured Articles
Vancouver vs. Fentanyl, The Economist
The Surprisingly Lucrative Business of Recycled E-Waste, Bloomberg Business Week
The Bank Robber and the Football Star, Los Angeles Magazine
The Lion, the Polygamist, and the Biofuel Scam, Wired
The War Vet, the Dating Site, and the Phone Call From Hell, Wired
Prescription for Death, Playboy
The World’s Disappearing Sand, The New York Times
