Construction is underway at the Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada after a federal court denied opponents’ requests.
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So what?
Thacker Pass, the largest-known lithium deposit in the US, is critical to secure domestic supply but is home to a delicate ecosystem, biodiversity, groundwater as well Indigenous burial sites.
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