By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - California on Thursday approved a plan to tax the electric vehicle battery metal lithium to generate revenue for enviro.
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - California on Thursday approved a plan to tax the electric vehicle battery metal lithium to generate revenue for enviro.
Following the EU's "Lithium Harm Theory" - a proposal to classify lithium carbonate, lithium chloride and lithium hydroxide as harmful to humans - a proposal to impose a consent tax on the production of lithium emerges in the Salton Sea region of California.
County of Imperial and a coalition of local grassroots groups are backing a state proposal to tax lithium on a per-ton basis, something the industry opposes.