Finite Magazine on Climate Change and Environment
Issue 2: Should we charge electric cars with nuclear, solar, wind, or geothermal energy? Or just scrap them?
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Iss2/Intro Nyook-yooler energy (pronounced: “nuclear”)

In the Issue 2 Introduction, we find out that green energy has a worse radioactive waste problem than nuclear energy. The green energy deal with the devil: to save the planet from climate change, it will be necessary to sacrifice parts of the planet with mining waste.
See all of Issue 2 here. Podcast version of Issue 2 is available here. Latest episode:

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Iss2/Ch2 Do electric cars generate waste worse than nuclear power plants? The answer may surprise (and poison) you (part 2)
https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/0202a-iss2-ch2-part-2-rare-earths-nickel.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | Deezer | RSSChris and Charley continue discussing the human and environmental impact of mining for the critical minerals of the green energy transition. In part 2: rare earth elements…
Issue 1 | Climate Change and Freshwater: Thirsty Cameroon & the Lake Chad Catastrophe
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Iss1/Intro Lake Chad: Shorty Got Low Low Low Low Low Low Low

In the introduction to Issue 1, we begin with atrocious statistics on humanity’s access to drinking water and uncover some shocking examples of the collapse of freshwater resources. We cover the source of a quarter of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions — a source you may never even have heard of.
See all of Issue 1 here. Podcast version of Issue 1 is available here. See all issues here.
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Featured Excerpts
Apocalypse Nord (Iss1/Ch4)
These policies led to the Great Depression…what could go wrong? (Iss1/Ch3)
The carbon footprint on the back of the climate movement (Iss2/Ch3)
Independence* Day (Iss1/Ch2)
The green energy deal with the devil (Iss2/Ch2)
Are we measuring global poverty or intentionally underestimating it? (Iss1/Ch1)
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