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Topic: Lithium Mine

Cultivated Tiehm's buckwheat is seen at Ioneer's Tiehm's buckwheat conservation greenhouse on May 8, 2024 in Gardnerville, Nevada. Tiehm's buckwheat, a rare and endangered wildflower endemic to the Silver Peak Range in Esmeralda County, Nevada grows beside Rhyolite Ridge, the site of a proposed lithium mine. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

A lithium mine versus a rare flower

Matthew Rozsa