A Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Has Just Been Found in The US

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A Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Has Just Been Found in The US
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, as mining can destroy natural environments, leach toxic chemicals, and intrude on sacred Indigenous land.

Over vast stretches of time, deep groundwater has dissolved the lithium in these rocks, essentially"mining the subsurface",to Justin Mackey, a researcher at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pennsylvania. "Wastewater from oil and gas is a burgeoning issue. Right now, it's just minimally treated and reinjected,"Such practices could squander precious lithium. As this new study shows, in properly measuring lithium reserves in fracking wastewater, there could be another way to put the waste to good use.

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