https://sputnikglobe.com/20230831/one-of-largest-known-lithium-deposits-found-in-ex-volcano-on-nevada-oregon-border-1113030534.html
However, Lithium Americas has faced stiff resistance from local groups since it bought the concession in 2017, including the Great Basin Resource Watch and several local Native American tribes, who argue mining threatens their local water sources, sensitive wildlife, and sacred sites. In July, a federal court rejected their challenge, approving the mining company’s project.
You say that like it's a joke but fortunately America has a class of people they can brutalize even within their own borders.
Tribes already saying they wish they wouldn't destroy the ecosystem, water table, and ancestral homelands for batteries.
Wonder who the government will side with.