A rendering of a processing facility planned at Ioneer Ltd’s lithium mine, scheduled to begin construction next year, is displayed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management during a news conference ...

They say the lithium mine will drive an endangered desert wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows, and threaten cultural resources. Rendering of a processing facility planned at Ioneer ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity, Tiehm’s buckwheat grows in the high ...

Lithium Mine Endangered Wildflower FILE - In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity, Tiehm's buckwheat grows in the high desert in the Silver Peak Range of western Nevada about ...

Lithium Mine Endangered Wildflower FILE - In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity, Tiehm's buckwheat grows in the high desert in the Silver Peak Range of western Nevada about ...

ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Conservationists and a Native American tribe have filed a lawsuit against the United States government to block a lithium-boron mining company in Nevada.

RENO, Nev. — Conservationists and an advocacy group for Native Americans are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered desert wildflower to ...

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 ...