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Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says

Lithium_Mine_Endangered_Wildflower_70557RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered desert wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten cultural resources.