Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto introduced legislation today that would allow the mining industry to turn public lands into toxic mining-waste dumps.
The Biden administration has an ambitious agenda to “go green” but some environmentalists wonder at what cost. The approved federal permitting of mining lithium deposits in Nevada is being challenged in court, even though the U.S. imported 2,600 metric tons last year for electronics and electric vehicles.