Direct lithium extraction has been hailed as a way to reduce mining impacts in South America but experts warn it may not be ready for large-scale deployment ...

The push towards a green, battery-powered future comes with a major tradeoff. Student reporters from the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University discovered that ...

A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect ...

One of the world's largest lithium deposits was recently discovered outside of the triangle of South American countries that ...

Lithium is a critical mineral used in batteries for electric vehicles, grid storage, and a host of personal electronics. It ...

Crews broke ground this week on the state’s first end-to-end produced water lithium project, a move expected to position East Texas as a player in the sector amid fierce global competition over ...

Over the past few decades, the United States has imported most of its lithium from Chile and Argentina, but there’s one major domestic source of the mineral—Nevada. Clayton Valley, a remote basin in ...

Twenty miles outside Corpus Christi, Texas — an area so dry the local water company distributes shower timers at high school football games — the world’s richest man is nearly done building a lithium ...

Increased renewable energy production requires a massive increase in lithium production. Lithium extraction in South America's Atacama Desert is highly water-intensive and threatens local water ...

This series, Voices from the Land, brings together opinion pieces led and written by Indigenous peoples from around the world. Through these commentaries, we share our lived realities and reflections ...