Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Americans hear a lot about green alternatives to traditional and polluting energy sources like oil and coil. One of these traditional resources that is essential to modern society yet goes mostly unnoticed is copper.
Demand for the element has skyrocketed over the past decade, and extracting it from the earth is not an easy or clean process. With more on this unsung issue is Tim Heffernan, who wrote about the issues in the most recent issue of Pacific Standard magazine.