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Nevada's 81st regular legislative session convened in Carson City Monday. Over the next 120 days, lawmakers will craft and debate hundreds of bills and
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Noah Glick: Since yesterday s vote, we ve heard that this was a more bipartisan effort than President Trump s previous impeachment, but for Nevada s lawmakers, the vote fell pretty much along party lines. Can you break down that for us?
Paul Boger: Representatives Dina Titus, Susie Lee, Steven Horsford all Democrats voted to impeach President Trump yesterday. The trio backed that particular move very quickly after the violent events at the Capitol last week. And in statements, the representatives condemned the attacks. They called for accountability on the count of the president. During his remarks, in particular, on the floor, Horsford said that this act should be reason enough to make sure that Donald Trump is a one-term president.
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Some estimate the lithium-ion battery market will be worth more than $100 billion by 2027. Much of that growth can be attributed to the meteoric rise of electric vehicles, thanks in large part to Tesla.
And that makes lithium – specifically lithium carbonate, the industrial chemical made from lithium to make batteries – very valuable. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the average U.S. price was $13,000 per metric ton last year.
And there are tons of lithium – millions of tons – in Nevada.
“We’re developing one of the world’s largest lithium deposits,” says Alexi Zawadzki, CEO of Lithium Nevada.
Published December 17, 2020 at 5:31 PM MST
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Saturn, top, and Jupiter, below, are seen after sunset from Shenandoah National Park, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in Luray, Virginia. The two planets are drawing closer to each other in the sky as they head towards a “great conjunction” on December 21, where the two giant planets will appear a tenth of a degree apart.
Today on Colorado Edition: As the first COVID-19 vaccines are distributed, we examine the logistics of inoculating staff and residents of long-term care facilities. We learn more about how lithium-ion batteries can help power a renewable energy future – but mining for the metal may be cause for environmental concern across the Mountain West. As more people than ever are choosing national parks to recharge during the pandemic, we look at the noisy toll that’s taking on those resources. And we’ll explore a rare celestial conjunction that will be at its peak on Dec. 21.