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Tribes seek mining reforms amid ‘green’ energy rush

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Lithium is key to the push for cleaner energy, but its extraction affects tribal communities and tribal rights, so Shoshone-Paiute leaders are speaking up.

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Tribes seek mining reforms amid ‘green’ energy rush

Lithium is key to the push for cleaner energy, but its extraction affects tribal communities and tribal rights, so Shoshone-Paiute leaders are speaking up.

5 days ago·Seattle, United States

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