NV lithium mine prompts US wildlife service to assess endangered status of tiny snail
Federal wildlife officials list the small snail, found only in high desert springs near a giant lithium mine being built along the Nevada-Oregon border, as an endangered or endangered species. They agreed to conduct a full year-long investigation to determine whether they should. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says in a study published Thursday […]
Lithium project using Colorado River worries Utah residents who need its water
A plan to extract lithium, a shiny white metal used in electric car batteries, in southeastern Utah is raising concerns in the arid American West about how the project would affect Colorado River water. It increases some anxiety. The Australian company and its U.S. subsidiary are analyzing salt water in a region called the Paradox […]