Posted on 01/04/2023 11:37:11 PM PST by Olog-hai
A high-stakes, yearslong legal battle over a huge lithium mine planned in Nevada resumes Thursday with arguments from lawyers for the mining company, the U.S. agency that approved it and the rancher, tribes and conservationists fighting the project.
U.S. District Judge Miranda Du has refused twice over the past year to grant temporary injunctions sought by tribal leaders who say the mine site is on sacred land where their ancestors were massacred by the U.S. Cavalry in 1865.
But Thursday’s hearing in her Reno courtroom marks the first on the actual merits of the case and will set the legal landscape going forward with a new twist after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling in Arizona that voided federal approval of a copper mine.
That potentially precedent-setting decision raises questions about the reach of the Mining Law of 1872 and could have a bearing on disposal of waste rock at the lithium mine in the high desert 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of the Oregon line, the largest proposed in the nation.
Lithium Nevada Corp. and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management say the project atop an ancient volcano is critical to meeting growing demand for lithium to make electric vehicle batteries — a key part of President Joe Biden’s push to expedite a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. …
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Where’s all the environmental green protestors?
Iam torn on this one.
On the one hand this is a Mining state and I despise the green mafia that tries to kill any and all mining.
On the other, I want the EV madness to end ASAP and lack of Lithium is one way to achieve that.
Watching the greenie factions fight each other should be entertaining.
Makes no sense to hold the free market back.
However, Biden is absolutely not for the free market.
The point of the ev madness is to restrict free movement of the public. Blocking the mine would only make it more expensive, which contributes to that goal.
It has the added “benefit” of not having a US company and its employees being the beneficiary of production.
The real solution is to repeal the laws and regulations that give these suits life, which would apply to many industries.
Sort of like having guns available means criminals can get them easier too.
The greenies are in the courtroom in full strength.
I hope she sides with the engines. The harder and more expensive lithium is in this country, the harder it will be for force everyone into EVs.
“I hope she sides with the engines. The harder and more expensive lithium is in this country, the harder it will be for force everyone into EVs.”
And it is also a talking point for Republicans. “See, Democrats do not want alternative energy. They just say that to groom all you useful idiots.”
Biden’s obsession of batteries must have came from the first time he found out how a flashlight operates.
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Here's hoping that gets some serious scrutiny, but I won't hold my breath.
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