During the waning days of the administration of then President Donald Trump, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved a proposed lithium mining operation near Thacker Pass, Nevada.
The Biden administration supports this mine.
The Lithium Nevada Corporation had hoped to break ground early this year, but ongoing environmental litigation has stalled progress.
Lithium is a critical mineral in the batteries used in most modern electronics and in the technologies, like electric cars, which the Biden administration is mandating to replace power plants and vehicles using fossil fuels.
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