In an unprecedented legal move that pits the objectives of environmental conservation against the push for renewable energy, two conservation organizations have sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over the agency’s decision to permit exploratory drilling near the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. The lawsuit, lodged in the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Amargosa Conservancy, challenges the BLM’s approval of Rover Metals’ proposed drilling plan. This Canadian mining exploration firm intends to bore 30 holes on public lands north of Ash Meadows to prospect for lithium, a key mineral … Continue reading Battling for Balance: Ash Meadows’ Endangered Oasis in the Crosshairs of Lithium Exploration