RENO, Nev. — The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S., amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower. Officials for the bureau and its parent Interior Department trumpeted the news, saying the progress …
RENO, Nev. — The U.S. Ioneer said the proposed designation was “an anticipated development” that “has no material impacts on our planned mining activities.” The Australian-based company noted that mining is allowed within areas designated as critical habitat if approved by the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The Fish and Wildlife Service said in its …
