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GM Conditionally OKs $650M Nevada Lithium Mine Investment
GM said Tuesday's announcement marks the largest-ever investment by an automaker to produce battery raw materials.
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In this 2017 photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity is a Dixie Valley toad, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has temporarily listed as an endangered species on an emergency basis, near the site of a power plant site in Nevada.
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Rare Toad Fight Similar to Landmark Endangered Species Case
Central to the Nevada dispute is uncertainty about effects groundwater pumping will have on surface water levels and temperatures.
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This photo provided by Lynne Buckner shows a Kings River pryg, a springsnail found in 13 isolated springs around Thacker Pass, 200 miles northeast of Reno, Nev., on April 7, 2022. Conservationists are seeking Endangered Species Act protection of the tiny snail half the size of a pea that’s known to exist only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine planned along the Nevada-Oregon line.
Manufacturing
Endangered Status Sought for Snail Near Nevada Lithium Mine
The biggest threat to the snail’s survival is disruption of groundwater flows.
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Waste salt shown near an evaporation pond at the Silver Peak lithium mine near Tonopah, Nev., Jan. 30, 2017.
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Judge Won't Reconsider Bid to Block Lithium Mine
Two tribes say the mine is on sacred lands where their ancestors were massacred in 1865.
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Brine pools for lithium mining, Silver Peak, Nev.
Manufacturing
Tribes Seek Order Banning Digging at Lithium Mine
They say the archaeological survey would desecrate sacred tribal lands.
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Waste salt shown near an evaporation pond at the Silver Peak lithium mine near Tonopah, Nev., Jan. 30, 2017.
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Judge Hears Fight Over Lithium Mine
The Thacker Pass mine could potentially be a major battleground in the push for renewable energy.
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Undated illustration of a proposed 'smart city' in rural northern Nevada.
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Misconduct Shadows Proposed Smart City
A former teacher has sued the CEO of a major cryptocurrency company that wants to build a smart city in the Nevada desert.
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Old Documents Fuel Latest Bid to Halt Lithium Mine
The rare plant at the center of the fight has been on the government’s radar for more than two decades.
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Feds Want to Fix Canal, but Town Lives Off the Leaks
Local residents have long used water leaking from the century-old canal to fill their own wells.
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Melissa Boerst, a Lithium Nevada Corp. geologist, points to an area of future exploration from a drill site at the Thacker Pass Project, Humboldt County, Nev., Sept. 13, 2018.
Manufacturing
Lawsuit Cites EPA, State Concerns About Lithium Mine
The Thacker Pass mine was approved in the final days of the Trump administration.
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Conservation groups say Verizon and regulators failed to adequately consider potential harm to the environment.
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Regulators Fast-Track 1st US Vanadium Mine
The rare metal has been used to strengthen steel, aluminum and titanium in the construction, auto, aerospace and computer industries.
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