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Judge Rules BLM Must Develop Wild Horse Management Plan

Judge rules BLM failed to adopt herd management plan, impacting mustangs in Nevada roundup. Significant legal win for wild horse advocates.

Judge rules against tribes in fight over Nevada lithium mine they say is near sacred massacre site

A federal judge in Nevada has dealt another legal setback to tribes trying to halt construction of a huge lithium mine they say is near the sacred site of an 1865 massacre along the Oregon border

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Environmentalists warn of intent to sue over snail species living near Nevada lithium mine

Environmentalists are poised to return to court in an ongoing legal battle with the Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023

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9th Circuit denies bid by environmentalists and tribes to block Nevada lithium mine

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction of a huge lithium mine already in the works along the Nevada-Oregon line

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023

Court to hear appeal over Biden-backed Nevada lithium mine opposed by tribes, environmentalists

A U.S. appeals court is considering challenges to a huge lithium mine in Nevada that pits environmentalists and Native Americans against President Joe Biden’s plans to combat climate change

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

Nevada fight over leaky irrigation canal and groundwater more complicated than appears on surface

A federal appeals court has breathed new life into a rural Nevada town's unusual bid to halt government repairs to an aging irrigation canal that burst and flooded more than 500 homes in 2008

The Independent UK · May 30, 2023

9th Circuit reverses judge's ruling striking down deportation law as racist

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reversed a ruling by a federal judge in Nevada that struck down a U.S. deportation law as racist and unconstitutional

The Independent UK · May 22, 2023

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Biden administration clarifies 1872 Mining Law; says Nevada lithium mine can proceed

The Biden administration says it has completed a court-ordered review that should ensure construction continues at a Nevada lithium mine, despite legal challenges brought by conservationists and tribal leaders

The Independent UK · May 16, 2023

Planned Senate bill would counteract Mining Law ruling

A Nevada Democratic U.S. senator wants Congress to step in to ensure mining companies can use established mineral claims to dump waste on neighboring federal lands

The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023

Judge affirms stricter interpretation of federal mining law

Another judge has adopted a U.S. appellate court’s stricter interpretation of a century-and-a-half-old mining law in a new ruling that blocks a metals mine in Nevada

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

9th Circuit denies emergency bid to halt Nevada lithium mine

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the highly-contested construction in Nevada of what will be the largest lithium mine planned in the U.S. The court is allowing construction while it considers whether the government illegally approved the mine in a rush to produce raw materials for electric…

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

US judge won't block huge lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon line

A federal judge has sided with the Biden administration and a mining company in a fight with environmentalists and tribal leaders trying to block a huge lithium mine in Nevada near the Oregon line

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

New emergency bid to appeal, block huge Nevada lithium mine

Conservationists are seeking an emergency court order to block construction of a lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

Nevada lithium mine wins ruling; green energy fights rage on

A federal judge in Nevada has ordered the government to revisit part of its environmental review of a proposed lithium mine

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

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The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

GM conditionally OKs $650M Nevada lithium mine investment

General Motors has conditionally agreed to invest $650 million in Lithium Americas in a deal that will give GM exclusive access to the first phase of a mine planned near the Nevada-Oregon line with the largest known source of lithium in the U.S. The equity investment the companies announced jointly…

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

US law based on anti-Latino racism fuels immigration fight

A Nevada case shined a light on a U.S. immigration law and its little-known history after a federal judge called the rule racist and struck it down

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2022

US judge won’t rein in federal wild horse roundup in Nevada

A federal judge won't rein in the roundup and capture of wild horses in eastern Nevada — rejecting advocates’ claims the federal government was needlessly and recklessly killing free-roaming mustangs in violation of U.S. law

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