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A local energy company says it is working to protect the rare plant. By Story at a glance Tiehm’s buckwheat is a rare flowering plant found in a remote region of Nevada that is potentially threatened by the mining of lithium, which is used to power electric cars. Ioneer, an energy company mining lithium in the area, says it is working closely with the federal government to protect the plant. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is assessing whether the plant will be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Tiehm’s buckwheat, a rare flowering plant, was named for the ma...

The need for lithium to power America’s electric cars may result in the extinction of a species Updated May 11, 2021; Posted May 11, 2021 A Nissan Leaf electric vehicle uses a car charging station in South Orange on Thursday, April 22. 2021 (Photo: John Jones | for NJ Advance Media)John Jones | For NJ Advance Media Facebook Share Electric vehicles, which can’t operate without lithium, are a “cornerstone” of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. Likewise, a plant discovered in Nevada thrives on poor soil full of boron and lithium, and can’t exist anywhere else in the world. ...

America's electric cars need lithium so badly it may wipe out this species CNN 5 days ago © Courtesy Jim Morefield, NDNH Fewer than 40 years after humans discovered Tiehm's buckwheat, a Nevada plant with yellow flowers, they may drive it to extinction in pursuit of electric vehicles, a technology widely hailed as being environmentally friendly. Environmentalists say the benefits of Tiehm's buckwheat could be vast, but its full significance is unknown. What's certain, they say, is that guarding Tiehm's buckwheat is important for preserving biodiversity on Earth. The flower is so newly dis...

For Immediate Release, April 21, 2021 Contact: Legal Victory Compels Federal Government to Decide on Tiehm’s Buckwheat Protections Judge Calls Nevada Wildflower’s Situation ‘Emergency’ Warranting Swift Action RENO, Nev.— As a result of litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity, a federal judge ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must decide whether or not to protect Nevada’s rare Tiehm’s buckwheat under the Endangered Species Act. The Center brought a lawsuit after the Service failed to meet legally required deadlines to respond...

comments This post originally appeared on Grist. Grist is a nonprofit news agency working toward a planet that doesn't burn and a future that doesn't suck. Sign up to receive Grist's top stories in your inbox. When Edward Bartell first learned that a lithium mine might be moving into his remote corner of northern Nevada, the longtime cattle rancher wasn't upset. "I was actually kind of excited about it," Bartell said. He knew that lithium is a key metal used in batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid, and he knew the United States is going to need a lot of it to transition off fo...