Flower or power? Campaigners fear lithium mine could kill rare plant
Rhyolite Ridge, United States (AFP) May 23, 2024
Delicate pink buds sway in the desert breeze, pregnant with yellow pompoms whose explosion will carpet the dusty corner of Nevada that is the only place on Earth where they exist. Under their roots lie vast reserves of lithium, vital for the rechargeable electric car batteries that will reduce planet-heating pollution. But campaigners fear the extraction of the precious metal could destr
