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US agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower
3 months ago

US agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — U.S. land managers said Thursday they’ve completed a final environmental review of a proposed Nevada lithium mine that would supply minerals critical to electric vehicles and a clean energy future while still protecting an endangered wildflower. “Today’s issuance not only advances the Rhyolite Ridge project but brings the United States closer to a more secure and sustainable …

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US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower
8 months ago

US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower

Associated Press  

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 …

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Nevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site
2 years ago

Nevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A Nevada wildflower was declared endangered at the only place it’s known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help meet growing demand for electric car batteries, U.S. wildlife officials announced Wednesday. The Fish and Wildlife Service’s formal listing of Tiehm’s buckwheat and its accompanying designation of 910 acres of …

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Nevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site
2 years ago

Nevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site

The Independent  

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US backs rare flower habitat amid Nevada lithium mine fight
2 years, 10 months ago

US backs rare flower habitat amid Nevada lithium mine fight

Associated Press  

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 …

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Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine
3 years, 2 months ago

Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine

The Independent  

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Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine
3 years, 2 months ago

Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Federal wildlife officials proposed endangered species protections Friday for a desert wildflower known to exist only on a remote Nevada ridge where an Australian company plans a lithium mine. Fish and Wildlife Service and the work it and the BLM are undertaking to safeguard Tiehm’s buckwheat,” Ioneer managing director Bernard Rowe said in a statement. “Ioneer reiterates …

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US fights new deadline for rare plant protections in Nevada
3 years, 7 months ago

US fights new deadline for rare plant protections in Nevada

The Independent  

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Old documents fuel latest bid to halt Nevada lithium mine
3 years, 8 months ago

Old documents fuel latest bid to halt Nevada lithium mine

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Few people had ever heard of Tiehm’s buckwheat when conservationists filed a petition two years ago to list the desert wildflower as an endangered species. “BLM recognized that the habitat of Tiehm’s buckwheat needed to be protected 23 years ago,” said Naomi Fraga, the California Botanic Garden conservation director who filed the original federal listing petition in …

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