DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> approved despite possible harm to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildflower</span></a></p><p>Advocates vow to sue, saying plan, crucial to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s clean energy agenda, will drive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TiehmsBuckwheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TiehmsBuckwheat</span></a> to extinction</p><p>Thu 24 Oct 2024 16.36 EDT</p><p>"Environmentalists said Thursday that the mine’s final approval was a politically motivated violation of multiple US laws. The Center for Biological Diversity said in a statement: 'Litigation is now the only way [to] stop the Rhyolite Ridge Mine.'</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Opponents of the project say it’s the latest example of Biden’s administration running roughshod over US protections for native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>, rare species and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredTribalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredTribalLands</span></a> in the name of slowing the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> by reducing reliance on fossil fuels and bolstering national security by easing reliance on foreign sources of critical minerals.</p><p>"'We’ve been fighting to save Tiehm’s buckwheat for six years and we’re not giving up now,' Donnelly said.</p><p>"Nevada is home to the only existing lithium mine in the US. Another is currently under construction near the Oregon line 220 miles (354km) north of Reno. That <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAmericas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumAmericas</span></a> mine at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a>, which was approved in the final days of Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s administration, survived numerous legal challenges from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalists</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> tribes who said it would destroy lands they considered sacred where their ancestors were massacred by US troops in 1865."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/nevada-lithium-mine-endangered-wildflower-tiehms-buckwheat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o</span><span class="invisible">ct/24/nevada-lithium-mine-endangered-wildflower-tiehms-buckwheat</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveRhyoliteRidge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveRhyoliteRidge</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveThackerPass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IoneerLtd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IoneerLtd</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleLithium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BiodiversityNecessityDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityNecessityDefense</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TiehmsBuckwheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TiehmsBuckwheat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a></p>