February 24, 2023
A Nevada federal judge has rejected bids by several environmental groups, a rancher and the Burns Paiute Tribe to block construction of the Thacker Pass lithium mine, pending their appeal of an earlier decision that largely upheld a permit for the project.
February 21, 2023
Environmentalists filed an emergency motion on Tuesday to block construction of a Nevada lithium mine while the Ninth Circuit hears an appeal of a permit issued by the federal Bureau of Land Management.
February 07, 2023
A federal judge in Nevada has largely cleared the way for plans to tap the largest-known lithium deposit in the United States, rejecting the bulk of a challenge in which environmentalists, Indigenous tribes and a local rancher sought to invalidate the mining project's federal permit.
July 13, 2022
A Nevada ranch and conservation groups on Tuesday asked a federal judge to strike down the federal government's approval of an open-air lithium mining project, arguing there is no legal basis to allow waste dumps on public lands.
June 29, 2022
Two tribal communities challenging a federal agency's approval of an open-air lithium mining project slated to occupy public lands near the Nevada-Oregon border have urged a Nevada federal judge to stop the project until the tribes are properly consulted about the development.
June 10, 2022
A Nevada federal judge has denied a Native American tribe's bid to sanction the Bureau of Land Management with a default judgment in a suit seeking to void government approvals for a lithium mining project.
June 06, 2022
The federal government and the developer of a lithium mine in Nevada have turned their attention toward fighting efforts by a local ranch and conservation groups to void federal approvals for the mining project, arguing the authorizations adhered to federal land management and environmental law.
May 23, 2022
The U.S. government says a pair of Native American tribes had years to identify areas of cultural significance near a planned Nevada lithium mine, asking a federal judge to let that project go ahead over the tribes' failure to point out such places before they filed suit to block the mine.
April 26, 2022
The federal government urged a Nevada federal court to reject a sanctions bid filed by the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, arguing that the motion, which alleges discovery abuses in the tribe's suit over the approval of a lithium mining project, is based on a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the Administrative Procedure Act.
April 19, 2022
The developer of a Nevada lithium mine wants a federal court to toss a "farcical" push for sanctions by a Native American tribe that it says is attempting to relitigate previously rejected motions in its challenge to federal approvals for the project.