Video Beef: Sen. Mark Kelly: ‘Elon Musk Kinda Turned out to Be an Asshole… This is gonna be my last trip in this [Tesla] car’

(EnviroNews Politics Desk) — Washington, D.C. — Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) is a retired U.S. Navy Captain a former space shuttle astronaut, and the senior senator for Arizona — a seat which he has held since 2020. But last week, tech titan and Tesla CEO Elon Musk called…

Lithium Wars Pt. 2: Teepee Camp Raided, Native Woman Arrested, Lawsuits Fly in Battle over Thacker Pass Lithium Mine in Nevada

(EnviroNews Nevada) — Orovada, Nevada — A turbulent spring for Lithium Nevada’s hotly contested lithium strip mining project in the Thacker Pass area of northern Nevada has given way to a tumultuous summer. The company – a subsidiary of Canada-based Lithium Americas – started construction in March, but…

Lithium Wars: Legal Actions Fly, 24/7 Protest Encampment Continues at Thacker Pass; Lithium Nevada Corp. Prepares to Break Ground

(EnviroNews Nevada) — Oravado, Nevada — New complaints have been filed by the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and a Northern Paiute group known as People of Red Mountain in their federal lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The case aims to thwart plans for a large-scale strip…

How Fast Could U.S. Be Weaned off Fossil Fuels With Investment in a Real Electric Grid? RFK Jr. Weighs in

(EnviroNews DC News Bureau) — Park City, Utah — In this final segment of an extensive EnviroNews interview and follow-up video series with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the environmental leader looks at the future of the electric energy grid. “We need smart transmission, we need smart grid technology,…