One of the biggest obstacles on the road to a low-carbon energy future is caused by the rare-earth element lithium, a ...

The mining of lithium for batteries – the key to the electric vehicle revolution and levelling out the power supplied by renewables – is environmentally damaging. But an experimental sun-powered ...

The increasing demand for lithium to support electric vehicle production is placing a significant strain on global freshwater resources, especially in already arid regions like the Lithium Triangle. A ...

Two non-profits want court to reconsider a claim they filed in 2024 that the environmental impact report for the Hell’s ...

GREEN RIVER, Utah—When Kelly Dunham heard that water was gushing out from a test well earlier this month for a proposed lithium mine in the middle of this rural city of 900 residents, she went to see ...

A first-ever study from the U.S. Geological Survey found roughly 40 percent of groundwater contains lithium above EPA’s health reference level. The U.S. Geological Survey mapped for the first time ...

Contaminated, salty water produced by natural gas fracking wells in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region contains large amounts of lithium. Credit: drnadig/via Getty Images The rolling green hills of ...

Could small doses of lithium, long known to prevent suicide in bipolar disorder, also help psychotherapy patients struggling ...

The National Mining Agency has 20 days to assess current permits and will not issue new ones until consultations are carried ...

A new study in Nature demonstrated a link between the mineral lithium in the brain and Alzheimer’s disease.

After two garbage trucks caught fire in separate incidents involving lithium-ion batteries that were improperly disposed of, ...

Lithium-ion battery fires are rising in North Texas, pushing firefighters to test new tactics against the dangerous blazes.