A Nevada Lithium Mine Nears Approval, Despite Threatening the Only Habitat of an Endangered Wildflower

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By By Wyatt MyskowSep 21, 2024, 5:00 am829 ptsInterestingTop
Elements in the soil of the Silver Peak range nurture a buckwheat that grows nowhere else in the world, but could also radically increase U.S. production of a mineral critical to the energy transition. By Wyatt Myskow The Biden Administration signaled it was on the verge of approving a proposed lithium and…

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