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Some commentators have likened the protests in New Caledonia, which has prevented any shipments or production, to a dawning civil war.
European leaders want to transform this forgotten farming region into the continent's largest lithium mining operation and locals are fighting back.
The president's administration barred oil and gas development on millions of acres in the state and moved to kill a controversial mining road.
Shocking video shows the gunman, who police identified as 77-year-old Kenneth Darlington, opening fire on environmental protesters blocking a highway.
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The worlds No. 2 producer of lithium is the latest country to push for government ownership over mines.
The power struggle inside a federal commission shows the real-world consequences of the Senates confirmation bottleneck.
Environmentalists are hopeful that the move deals a fatal blow to a Chilean firm's plans for a copper-nickel mine at the doorstep of a popular wilderness area.
The move could cripple a Chilean firm's effort to build a copper-nickel mine a few miles from the Minnesota wilderness area.
The ruling says it was "arbitrary and capricious" for the Trump administration to suddenly drop sage grouse protections to allow mining.
As the new president broke from the old on climate issues, his nominee for energy secretary revealed one potential area of continuity.
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