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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Energy => Topic started by: Elderberry on January 24, 2021, 07:03:31 pm
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KTLA 1/23/2021
Biden’s energy plan may receive boost from lithium mine OK’d in Donald Trump’s last days as president
One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in a salt flat above a prehistoric volcano just south of the Oregon-Nevada line.
But the question of how to extract lithium and whether former President Donald Trump’s Department of Interior rushed a mine through the approval process could be an early test for Biden and his nominee for Interior secretary, New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management issued a record of decision on Trump’s final Friday in office for an open-pit lithium mine at Thacker Pass, which is roughly 53 miles (85 kilometers) north of Winnemucca, Nevada.
Lithium Americas, the company behind the mine, believes it can supply a quantity “critical for establishing a strong domestic lithium supply chain required to support a low-carbon economy,†its President and CEO Jon Evans said in a statement.
More: https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/bidens-energy-plan-may-receive-boost-from-lithium-mine-okd-in-donald-trumps-last-days-as-president/ (https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/bidens-energy-plan-may-receive-boost-from-lithium-mine-okd-in-donald-trumps-last-days-as-president/)
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KTLA 1/23/2021
Biden’s energy plan may receive boost from lithium mine OK’d in Donald Trump’s last days as president
One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in a salt flat above a prehistoric volcano just south of the Oregon-Nevada line.
But the question of how to extract lithium and whether former President Donald Trump’s Department of Interior rushed a mine through the approval process could be an early test for Biden and his nominee for Interior secretary, New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management issued a record of decision on Trump’s final Friday in office for an open-pit lithium mine at Thacker Pass, which is roughly 53 miles (85 kilometers) north of Winnemucca, Nevada.
Lithium Americas, the company behind the mine, believes it can supply a quantity “critical for establishing a strong domestic lithium supply chain required to support a low-carbon economy,†its President and CEO Jon Evans said in a statement.
More: https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/bidens-energy-plan-may-receive-boost-from-lithium-mine-okd-in-donald-trumps-last-days-as-president/ (https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/bidens-energy-plan-may-receive-boost-from-lithium-mine-okd-in-donald-trumps-last-days-as-president/)
Wouldn't this be bad for the environment? Just sayin........