| Lithium Americas hopes to break ground this year on the biggest lithium mine in the U.S. The huge project, approved by the Bureau of Land Management in the final days of the Trump administration, has sparked an outcry and a lawsuit from some area Native American groups, environmental activists and a rancher. The fate of the mine will hinge, in part, on whether the court believes federal officials fulfilled their obligation to consult local tribes about any potential risk to "significant religious, spiritual or sacred locations." |
