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Critical minerals for the clean energy transition are abundant in the Southwest, but the dozens of mines proposed to access them will require vast sums of water, something in short supply in the desert.
The Spain Park Jaguars kept their winning ways going by beating the Montevallo Bulldogs and John Carroll Catholic Cavaliers to win the Jag Challenge, and in the process, helped their coach reach an important milestone.
The rush to mine lithium for car batteries is dividing environmental and native American communities.
A study published in Science Advances hypothesizes that the McDermitt Caldera contains more than double the concentration of lithium than any other bed of clay.
An ancient supervolcano formed millions of years ago in present-day Nevada may be hiding the largest deposit of lithium found anywhere in the world. And one U.S. mining company owns the rights to a small portion of it.