President Biden promises the U.S. will own the future of electric cars. Some conservationists are challenging that pledge as they contest the two largest lithium mining projects in the U.S. The ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials declared a Nevada wildflower endangered on Wednesday at the only place it's known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help ...

Two scenes. Two storytellers. Two visions for a climate-altered American West. On an overcast spring morning, I hopped a low metal fence off a lonely dirt road in the Nevada desert, following botanist ...

RENO, Nev. — The rare Tiehm’s buckwheat stands less than a foot tall (30 centimeters) in Nevada’s rocky high desert, its thin, leafless stems adorned with tiny yellow flowers in spring. To the ...

RENO, Nev. – Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian mining company pursuing a lithium project in Nevada, federal land managers cited it ...

The Bureau of Land Management touted the proposed Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine as a potential major domestic source of the electric vehicle battery mineral. The Interior Department plans to issue an ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada wildflower was declared endangered at the only place it’s known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help meet growing demand for electric ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada wildflower was ...

Read full article: ‘Been a game changer:’ Dr. Phillips Center celebrates 10-Year anniversary FILE - A "For Rent" sign is posted on a building, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Philadelphia. The federal ...