The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line.
FILE - A billboard displays"Protect Thacker Pass" near the Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Indian Reservation on April 25, 2023, near McDermitt, Nev. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, July 17, 2023, rejected the latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line.
Lithium Nevada Corp.'s mine at Thacker Pass, 200 miles northeast of Reno, has pitted environmentalists and Native Americans against Biden’s efforts to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner, renewable energy sources.
The bureau approved the mine in 2021 on an accelerated basis under Donald Trump's administration. TheOfficials for Lithium Nevada, a subsidiary of the Canadian-based Lithium Americas, say the Thacker Pass mine’s reserves would support lithium for more than 1.5 million electric vehicles per year for 40 years.
The 9th Circuit ruling concluded Du applied the proper legal standard and found the bureau's sole error in approving the project “weighed against” vacating the entire approval of the mine. Government lawyers had said much of the evidence the Western Shoshone and Paiute tribes presented about thecame after a formal decision had been issued and that none of it clearly established the actual location of the massacre.
“We have always been confident that the permitting process for Thacker Pass was conducted thoroughly and appropriately,” Lithium Americas CEO Jonathan Evans said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press.
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