Bartell Ranch News Today

The global transition to clean energy is accelerating. Belatedly, attention is starting to move to mineral sourcing, particularly whether the necessary critical minerals will be...

While the Ninth Circuit considers the future of the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine, the utility-scale battery storage industry stands poised either to benefit from an increased domestic lithium supply, or to pivot toward the development of alternative battery technologies, says Riley Nickel at Husch Blackwell.

Earlier this week, the decision in Bartell Ranch v. McCullough generally supported the Bureau of Land Management’s review under NEPA and related statutes of a lithium mine near Thacker...

Protesters marched from Reno-Sparks Indian Colony to the downtown Reno federal courthouse to protest the Thacker Pass lithium mine.

A Nevada ranch and conservation groups on Tuesday asked a federal judge to strike down the federal government's approval of an open-air lithium mining project, arguing there is no legal basis to allow waste dumps on public lands.

Lithium America's Thacker Pass will spin off unlocking government loans and value for shareholders. Legal case should wrap up in Q3. See more on LAC stock here.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada rancher suing to block construction of the largest lithium mine in the U.S. says the government’s environmental assessment of the project relies on a

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada rancher suing to block construction of the largest lithium mine in the U.S. says the government’s environmental assessment of the project relies on a

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada rancher suing to block construction of the largest lithium mine in the U.S. says the government’s environmental assessment of the project relies on a baseline set by a consultant for the mining company with a conflict of interest that trivializes potential harm to water resources and wildlife near the Oregon line.

Nevada rancher sues to block lithium mine near Oregon line By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A longtime Nevada rancher is suing U.S. regulators over the approval of a lithium mine on federal rangeland he says would violate environmental laws and undermine changes he has made in his own livestock grazing practices to help threatened fish and wildlife. Edward Bartell and Bartell Ranch LLC say the Bureau of Land Management relied “entirely upon flawed and error-laden findings...