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08-05-2020, 07:43 AM
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https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims3/GLOB/crop/4801x2701+0+594/resize/800x450!/format/jpg/quality/85/https://s.aolcdn.com/os/ab/_cms/2020/08/05084149/Tiehms_Buckwheat_Flower_Patrick_Donnelly_Center_FP WC.jpg A botanist hired by a company planning to mine one of the most promising deposits of lithium in the world believes a rare desert wildflower at the Nevada site should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, a move that could jeopardize the project, new documents show. The unusually candid disclosure is included in more than 500 pages of emails obtained by conservationists and reviewed by The Associated Press regarding Ioneer Ltd.’s plans to dig near the only population of Tiehm's buckwheaContinue reading Rare little wildflower threatens to block a big lithium mine in Nevada (https://www.autoblog.com/2020/08/05/rare-wildflower-lithium-mine-nevada/)
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