A coalition of environmental organizations and Western Shoshone tribal representatives filed a lawsuit on October 31, 2024, against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over its authorization of the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Mine in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The legal challenge centres on Tiehm’s buckwheat (Eriogonum tiehmii), a rare Nevada endemic plant species with delicate cream-coloured blossoms that exists nowhere else on Earth except the 10 acres of boron and lithium-rich soil where the mine is planned. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the species as endangered in 2022 following petitions and legal action by the Center for Biological … Continue reading Nevada Lithium Mine Faces Lawsuit Over Threat to Endangered Plant, Indigenous Lands, and Sacred Sites Amid U.S. Approval