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(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Two months ago, the New York Times and CNN raised warning flags on the environmental costs of transitioning to electric cars. Last week, the Los Angeles Times followed suit, although in this case it’s the California dog that doesn’t bark that should be of greatest interest to that question. Even without the obvious questions about energy for recharging, however, the LAT raises a series of environmental issues with the necessary mining to sustain production of EVs...

Judge won’t block digging at lithium mine Mine planned on land 25 miles south of Nev.-Ore. border By SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press Published: July 26, 2021, 5:46pm Share: RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has denied environmentalists’ request for a court order temporarily blocking the government from digging trenches for archaeological surveys at a mine planned near the Nevada-Oregon line with the biggest known U.S. deposit of lithium. U.S. District Judge Miranda Du said in an ...

Judge refuses to block digging at NV-OR mine A Nevada tribe said the digging would disturb sacred burial grounds Author: A Nevada tribe said the digging would disturb sacred burial grounds Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has denied environmentalists request for a court order temporarily blocking the government from digging trenches for archaeological surveys at a mine planned near the Nevada-Oregon line with the biggest known U.S. deposit of lithium.  U.S. District...

U.S. judge rules Lithium Americas may excavate Nevada mine site By Ernest Scheyder Reuters (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Lithium Americas Corp may conduct excavation work at its Thacker Pass lithium mine site in Nevada, denying a request from environmentalists who said the digging could harm sage grouse and other wildlife. The ruling marked a rare win for a U.S. critical minerals project as environmental groups increasingly pressure courts and regulators to block mining project...

Judge hears fight over lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon line There was a failure to consult with tribal citizens, said lawyers for the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and Western Watersheds Project Author: Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO, Nev. — A judge considering legal challenges to government approval of a Nevada mine at the largest known U.S. deposit of lithium said Wednesday shell decide by the end of the month whether to grant the conservationists bid for a temporary ban on any digging at the...

Governors Wind Energy Coalition California’s electric car revolution, designed to save the planet, also unleashes a toll on it Source: By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times  • Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 The precious cargo on the ship docked in San Diego Bay was strikingly small for a vessel built to drag oil rigs out to sea. Machines tethered to this hulking ship had plucked rocks the size of a child’s fist from the ocean floor thousands of miles into the Pacific...

By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge said on Wednesday she will rule by July 29 on whether to temporarily block Lithium Americas Corp from excavating its Thacker Pass site in Nevada, which could become one of the country’s biggest lithium mines. Environmentalists sued earlier this year to block the proposed lithium mine, arguing that it could threaten sage grouse habitats and that the former President Donald Trump’s administration erred when it approved it in January. C...

Judge hears fight over lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon line by Scott Sonner, The Associated Press Posted Jul 21, 2021 9:08 pm EDT Last Updated Jul 21, 2021 at 9:12 pm EDT RENO, Nev. — A judge considering legal challenges to government approval of a Nevada mine at the largest known U.S. deposit of lithium said Wednesday she’ll decide by the end of the month whether to grant the conservationists’ bid for a temporary ban on any digging at the site because of potential harm to sage grouse and o...

Today on the show:  We continue our drumbeat coverage of the opponents of the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine, being built on sacred Indian grounds in rural Nevada.  Also Greg Palast Returns to report on today’s devastating supreme court ruling against voter rights Address 1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley CA 94704 Phone 510.848.6767 Contact Us

Lithium and the environment? Nevada can have both | Pat Hickey Pat Hickey View Comments "Memo from the Middle" is an opinion column written by RGJ columnist Pat Hickey, a member of the Nevada Legislature from 1996 to 2016. Samuel Clemens, before he became Mark Twain, tried his hand at mining in Nevada; “Well, I didn’t have luck in the mining fields; I soon discovered a silver mine weren’t nothin’ but a hole in the ground with a fool at the bottom, and a liar at the top.” Something ...