US EditionNevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says
- Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to block a Nevada lithium mine that threatens Tiehm's buckwheat and cultural resources.
- The lawsuit states that the mine will harm sacred sites of the Western Shoshone people.
- An estimated population of fewer than 30,000 Tiehm's buckwheat plants has suffered additional losses not considered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says
Conservationists and a Native American advocacy group are suing to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten cultural
Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival
Conservationists and a Native American advocacy group are suing to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten cultural resources Read More The post Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival appeared first on ABC23.
Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says – UK Times
Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered desert wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten cultural resources. The Center for Biological Diversity promised the court battle a week ago when the U.S. Interior Department approved Ioneer Ltd.’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron mine at the only place Tiehm’s buckwheat is known to exist in …
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