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02-06-2022, 06:33 PM
US backs rare flower habitat amid Nevada lithium mine fight
https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/WireAP_8837f8935962451389b460be71a78c4b_16x9_992.j pg
4 February 2022
RENO, Nev. -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed designating critical habitat for a Nevada wildflower it plans to list as endangered amid a conflict over a mine to produce lithium batteries for electric vehicles critical to the Biden administration's plans to combat climate change.
The agency on Wednesday proposed designating critical habitat for Tiehm's buckwheat on a high-desert ridge near the California line halfway between Reno and Las Vegas.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/us-backs-rare-flower-habitat-amid-nevada-lithium-82671465
https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/WireAP_8837f8935962451389b460be71a78c4b_16x9_992.j pg
4 February 2022
RENO, Nev. -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed designating critical habitat for a Nevada wildflower it plans to list as endangered amid a conflict over a mine to produce lithium batteries for electric vehicles critical to the Biden administration's plans to combat climate change.
The agency on Wednesday proposed designating critical habitat for Tiehm's buckwheat on a high-desert ridge near the California line halfway between Reno and Las Vegas.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/us-backs-rare-flower-habitat-amid-nevada-lithium-82671465