US pulls plug on authorization for lithium exploration next to refuge in Nevada
Federal land managers have pulled the plug on a Canadian mining company's lithium exploration project near a national wildlife refuge in Southern Nevada.
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Federal land managers have pulled the plug on a Canadian mining company's lithium exploration project near a national wildlife refuge in Southern Nevada.
Conservationists said the reversal provides at least a temporary reprieve for the lush oasis in the Mojave Desert that is home to 25 species of fish, plants, insects and snails that are found nowhere else on Earth.
It's next to a national wildlife refuge in Nevada.
It's next to a national wildlife refuge in Nevada.
Federal land managers have formally withdrawn their authorization of a Canadian mining company's lithium exploration project bordering a national wildlife refuge in southern Nevada after conservationists sought a court order to block it.