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The Hidden Tradeoffs of Climate Policy
In Nevada’s Amargosa Valley, not far from Death Valley National Park, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management ordered a halt to exploratory drilling for lithium last year over concerns about possible threats to aquifer-fed springs that are habitat to one of the …