Concrete is the world's most manufactured item, with more than 25 billion tons used in construction each year. It's also ...

To all of the fossil fuel defenders who are now suddenly worried about the environmental impact of lithium mining, I have a question: What changed? Where was your faux outrage over the mining of ...

Two non-profits want court to reconsider a claim they filed in 2024 that the environmental impact report for the Hell’s ...

A proposed lithium mine in Serbia is spurring protests over its potential impact on the environment. The mineral is in high demand because it’s crucial for the batteries that run electric vehicles.

Large-scale lithium mining may impact scarce and precious water resources and balance in Argentina’s arid ecosystems, says Clemente Flores, president of the El Angosto Indigenous community. Flores ...

An Austrian federal administrative court overturned a decision that waived an environmental impact assessment for a Critical Metals lithium mining project.

The $1.5 trillion worth deposit could offset worldwide lithium needs predicted to rise to one million tons annually by 2040.

While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another ...

Off-road vehicles are driven on the property owned by Controlled Thermal Resources, which will be mined for lithium along the Salton Sea, in Niland, Calif., Thursday, July 15, 2021. Welcome to ...

The transition to a lower carbon future depends on electric vehicles, and the batteries in those vehicles depend on lithium. That's a mineral in short supply and in big demand. But mining lithium can ...