FILE – Tiehm’s buckwheat grows in a greenhouse in Gardnerville, Nevada, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The endangered desert wildflower stands in the way of a mining company’s plans to dig for lithium to help speed production of batteries for electric cars and other green energy projects. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)A rendering of a processing facility planned at Ioneer Ltd’s lithium mine, scheduled to begin construction next year, is displayed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management during a news conference in Reno, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, announcing the bureau’s approval of a permit for the project. Environmentalists are threatening to sue to try to block the mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)Acting Deputy U.S. Interior Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis speaks to reporters at BLM’s Nevada …
