Lithium mining exploration project in southeast Oregon gets federal approval

How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium

FAA: Lithium battery fires on flights now occur nearly twice a week

Lithium-ion batteries causing fires, dangers on California freeways, sparking calls for safety improvements

Vast deposit of 'white gold' in Arkansas could be stunningly valuable

Thousands protest against lithium mining in Serbia

The West's scorching heat and festering water crisis are part of new problem, study says
'Hot droughts' are becoming more common in the arid West, new study finds
Climate activists throw soup at glass protecting Mona Lisa in Paris
Demand for minerals sparks fear of mining abuses on Indigenous peoples' lands

Her antidote for 'climate grief' and a shrinking Great Salt Lake? Don't look away
Harvesting water from fog and air in Kenya with jerrycans and newfangled machines
The Philippines' capital is running out of water. Is building a dam the solution?
Saltwater wedge updates: Wedge slows; pipeline updates
New Orleans is bracing for a saltwater intrusion: Here's what we know
The U.S. needs minerals for green tech. Will Western mines have enough water?

Thinking of buying an electric car in Colorado? You could soon get $26,500 in discounts
Most cars still cost more to charge than to fill up with gas
GM reverses its plans to halt Chevy Bolt EV production
It's a journey to the center of the rare earths discovered in Sweden
Sweden's Northvolt wants to rival China's battery dominance to power electric cars

A large gold mine you’ve probably never heard of is quietly preparing to start production in Interior Alaska, despite critics’ objections
Tribes and dairy farmers made a model renewable energy program. It’s about to get even better
Tribes object. But a federal ruling approves construction of the largest lithium mine
Western tribes' last-ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada

An EPA proposal to (almost) eliminate climate pollution from power plants
Renewable energy is here. But how do we store it for the future?
Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Biden Plan for Offshore Wind Sites
The EPA proposes tighter limits on toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants
The EPA's watchdog is warning about oversight for billions in new climate spending
The EPA's new 'good neighbor' rule targets downwind pollution by power plants

Batteries are catching fire at sea

Is the government choosing winners and losers?

How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy
The fate of America's largest lithium mine is in a federal judge's hands
There's a lithium mining boom, but it's not a jobs bonanza

Company scraps lithium project in Oregon’s Alvord Desert