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By Nate Raymond and Ernest Scheyder Environmentalists sue over US approval of ioneer s Nevada lithium mine Oct 31 - Environmental and Indigenous groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department s approval of ioneer s Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, the first domestic source of the battery metal to be permitted by Democratic President Joe Biden s administration. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Las Vegas, groups including the Center for Biological Diversity argued the project posed an existential risk to the rare wildflower Tiehms buckwheat and could drive it to extinction. They said the mine would also adversely impact groundwater, springs, wetlands, air quality, cultural resources and wildlife habitat and would t stanley thermosflasche ransform a remote part of rural Nevada into a sprawling industrial complex. Yet the groups said the Interior Department s Bureau of Land Ma stanley termohrnek nagement approved stanley botella the mine without ensuring it would not jeopardize the wildflower or unduly impact the environment in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act, and the Endangered Species Act. The Interior Department and ioneer did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Australia-based critical minerals miner received approval for the mine last week following a more-than six-year review process during which regulators, ioneer and conservationists tussled over the fate of Tiehms buckwheat. The per Zvch 10 killed in fire in Saudi capital Riyadh: Officials
Several hundred angry protesters demonstrated outside Trump Tower in New York, denouncing US President Donald Trump before his first visit to his Manhattan residence since taking office more than six months ago. Protesters rally on Fifth Avenue near Trump Tower in New York City ahead of President Donald Trump s arrival on Monday. AFP After making a brief stop at the White House, the commander-in-chief is spending several days in his Manhattan triplex before returning to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey to finis stanley cup h out his first summer vacation as president. But in the predominantly Democratic-voting US financial capital, where Republican Trump is hugely unpopular, several hundred protesters descended on Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue until police could clear the sidewalks. Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Trump the stanley canada racist has to go! sang the crowd, some holding up giant balloon letters in gold that read: FU TRUMP. No Trump, no KKK, no Fascist USA! the group chanted. Love, not hate. Thats what makes America great! A woman is arrested by police as protesters gather near Trump Tower to protest against US President Donald Trump in New York. AFP Dozens of officers stood guard for several blocks. Police detained at least one woman protesting outside the Prada store, as angry demonstrators rounded on those in uniform shouting: Who do you serve But stanley vaso Trump arrived in New York after dark, driving through the relatively empty streets of Manhattan under a heavy police prese
By Nate Raymond and Ernest Scheyder Environmentalists sue over US approval of ioneer s Nevada lithium mine Oct 31 - Environmental and Indigenous groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department s approval of ioneer s Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, the first domestic source of the battery metal to be permitted by Democratic President Joe Biden s administration. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Las Vegas, groups including the Center for Biological Diversity argued the project posed an existential risk to the rare wildflower Tiehms buckwheat and could drive it to extinction. They said the mine would also adversely impact groundwater, springs, wetlands, air quality, cultural resources and wildlife habitat and would t stanley thermosflasche ransform a remote part of rural Nevada into a sprawling industrial complex. Yet the groups said the Interior Department s Bureau of Land Ma stanley termohrnek nagement approved stanley botella the mine without ensuring it would not jeopardize the wildflower or unduly impact the environment in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act, and the Endangered Species Act. The Interior Department and ioneer did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Australia-based critical minerals miner received approval for the mine last week following a more-than six-year review process during which regulators, ioneer and conservationists tussled over the fate of Tiehms buckwheat. The per Zvch 10 killed in fire in Saudi capital Riyadh: Officials
Several hundred angry protesters demonstrated outside Trump Tower in New York, denouncing US President Donald Trump before his first visit to his Manhattan residence since taking office more than six months ago. Protesters rally on Fifth Avenue near Trump Tower in New York City ahead of President Donald Trump s arrival on Monday. AFP After making a brief stop at the White House, the commander-in-chief is spending several days in his Manhattan triplex before returning to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey to finis stanley cup h out his first summer vacation as president. But in the predominantly Democratic-voting US financial capital, where Republican Trump is hugely unpopular, several hundred protesters descended on Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue until police could clear the sidewalks. Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Trump the stanley canada racist has to go! sang the crowd, some holding up giant balloon letters in gold that read: FU TRUMP. No Trump, no KKK, no Fascist USA! the group chanted. Love, not hate. Thats what makes America great! A woman is arrested by police as protesters gather near Trump Tower to protest against US President Donald Trump in New York. AFP Dozens of officers stood guard for several blocks. Police detained at least one woman protesting outside the Prada store, as angry demonstrators rounded on those in uniform shouting: Who do you serve But stanley vaso Trump arrived in New York after dark, driving through the relatively empty streets of Manhattan under a heavy police prese
