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America Approves Colossal Nevada Mine With Enough Lithium for Untold Millions of Electric Cars

This could be huge.

The Biden administration has approved a gigantic lithium and boron mine — and though the project could revolutionize America's electric car industry, critics say it could also endanger the survival of a rare wildflower species.

As the Washington Post reports, the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in southern Nevada, roughly halfway between Las Vegas and Reno, could provide the country with an important source of the alkali metal, which is a crucial component of EV batteries.

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