How the Rush to Mine the Metal of the Future Echoes America’s Colonial Past
Companies have staked claims for more than 100 lithium-mine projects. Tribes are among the most affected.
By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow
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What the US Could Learn About Mining on Indigenous Peoples’ Ancestral Lands
By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow
How We Tracked the Lithium Rush
By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow
How to Think About the Extractive Problem of Lithium Mining
Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth
Independent Testing Where Tesla’s Lithium Refinery Discharges Wastewater Found Toxic Metals
By Arcelia Martin
South Texas Officials Didn’t Know Tesla Was Discharging Lithium Refinery Wastewater Into Local Ditch
By Arcelia Martin
A New Generation of Industries Emerges in Texas From Federal Push for Mining Revival
By Dylan Baddour
UN Scientists Propose a Plan to Meet Global Demand for Critical Minerals
By Carrie Klein
Moss Landing Battery Fire Leads to Health Fears, Evidence of Contamination and Concerns About Overreaction
By Dan Gearino, Kiley Price
A Nevada Lithium Mine Nears Approval, Despite Threatening the Only Habitat of an Endangered Wildflower
By Wyatt Myskow
A Company’s Struggles Raise Questions About the Future of Lithium Extraction in Pennsylvania
By Kiley Bense
Tribe Sues Interior Department Over Approval of Arizona Lithium Project
By Wyatt Myskow
Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition Is Coming at the Expense of Water
By Wyatt Myskow
As a Nevada Community Fights a Lithium Mine, a Rare Fish and Its Haven Could Be an Ace in the Hole
By Wyatt Myskow
A Proposed Nevada Lithium Mine Could Destroy Critical Habitat for an Endangered Wildflower Found Nowhere Else in the World
By Wyatt Myskow
Pennsylvania’s Fracking Wastewater Contains a ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Critical Clean Energy Mineral Lithium
By Kiley Bense
Lithium Companies Fight Over Water in the Arid Great Basin
By Daniel Rothberg
The Global Mining Boom Puts African Great Apes at Greater Risk Than Previously Known
By Katie Surma
