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Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Lithium Americas Reports 2020 Full Year and Fourth Quarter Results Lithium AmericasMarch 2, 2021 GMT VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) (NYSE: LAC) (“Lithium Americas” or the “Company”) has reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. This news release should be read in conjunct...

The U.S. is Being Forced to Secure Rare Earth Outside of China The world is in desperate need for rare earth supply outside of China. Not only is the U.S. trying to new supply, Europe is in desperate need, too. In fact, according to the South China Morning Post, “In a speech touting the bloc’s ‘industry strategy’ this week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pointed to the scarcity of raw materials needed to power the switch to electric vehicles and green energy ...

Published: Thursday, February 25, 2021 President Biden. Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News The Biden administration is launching a review of ways to secure domestic supplies of batteries, battery minerals and other key electric vehicle components. President Biden is pictured during his inauguration in January. Francis Chung/E&E News A sweeping Biden executive order yesterday is fueling debate about whether a U.S.-based electric vehicle supply chain can be jump-started affordably by the federa...

11 Best Lithium Stocks To Buy Now In this article, we will take a look at the 11 best lithium stocks to buy now. You can skip our detailed discussion of the lithium market, its outlook and the role it is playing in the EV revolution and go to Lithium is one of the most in-demand commodities across the globe given its immense use and benefits, especially in the battery market. According to a report by Deloitte, analysts have a consensus that the demand for lithium will double or even triple by ...

Electric cars are fueling the USs lithium mining boom Quartz 2/21/2021 Michael J. Coren © Provided by Quartz Brine pools from a lithium mine, that belongs U.S.-based Albemarle Corp, is seen on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama desert, Chile Lithium, a silvery metal so lightweight it floats on water, has been dubbed “white gold.” The element is key to the future of the automobile industry, increasingly powered by powerful batteries that require the metal, and meeting ...

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...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A longtime Nevada rancher is suing U.S. regulators over the approval...

The hastily approved project went forward without comment from the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Tribe. Image credit: Russel Albert Daniels / High Country News Feb. 18, 2021 From the print edition Editor’s note: In April, the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone tribal council voted unanimously to withdraw the tribe from its agreement with Lithium Nevada, based on a petition from tribal members. In the Great Basin Desert of northern Nevada and southern Oregon, Thacker...

Agriculture your username February 15, 2021 On Thursday, Bartell Ranch LLC and its owner Edward Bartell filed a complaint in the District of Nevada against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and its Winnemucca District Manager over the decision to approve the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Project. The complaint reported that the “disturbance area” for the large open pit mine would be over 5,000 acres and the project area would cover 17,000 acres of BLM land.  The plaintiff is a Nevada company...

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on the website of the Carbon Tax Center. It is republished here with permission. Though I’ve hiked all over the west, I’ve never been to Nevada’s northwest corner. On the map it’s a broad, empty strip from I-80 to the Oregon line. For hundreds of miles, it is in fact wild country — and far from empty, biologically, ecologically. Falk and Wilbert’s encampment. All Thacker Pass photos are from Protect Thacker Pass, used with permissio...