{"id":2036718,"date":"2023-09-19T00:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T04:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-high-cost-of-electric-vehicles-mining-for-minerals-puts-us-water-supplies-in-danger\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T00:05:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T04:05:08","slug":"the-high-cost-of-electric-vehicles-mining-for-minerals-puts-us-water-supplies-in-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-high-cost-of-electric-vehicles-mining-for-minerals-puts-us-water-supplies-in-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric vehicles&#8217; high cost endangers US water supplies due to mineral mining."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-high-cost-of-electric-vehicles-mining-for-minerals-puts-us-water-supplies-in-danger%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2036718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>The Hidden Threat to Water Resources in the Pursuit \u2062of Green Energy<\/h2>\n<p>Beneath the dusty soil of rural Nevada, colossal underground aquifers\u2062 make life possible. Despite receiving barely 10 inches of rain per year, the driest U.S. \u200bstate has extensive groundwater resources that support ranchers, farmers, and vital\u2062 prairie ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>However, this precious resource\u2062 faces a new threat from the soaring demand \u200dfor minerals \u2064needed to produce so-called green energy technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The United States \u200bisn&#8217;t\u200d alone in this problem. Communities in South America&#8217;s lithium triangle are\u2063 also suffering the effects of increased water usage from mining operations rushing to meet renewable energy demands.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/science\/appeals-court-denies-bid-by-conservationists-tribes-to-block-nevada-lithium-mine-5405310\">Appeals Court Denies Bid by Conservationists, \u2062Tribes to Block Nevada Lithium Mine<\/a> (7\/18\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/science\/nasa-opposes-lithium-mining-at-ancient-nevada-lakebed-says-land-is-vital-to-calibrate-satellites-5352849\">NASA Opposes Lithium \u2062Mining at Ancient Nevada Lakebed, Says\u2062 Land Is Vital to \u2063Calibrate \u200bSatellites<\/a> \u2063(6\/23\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Between 2017 and 2022, clean energy \u2062technologies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/news\/critical-minerals-market-sees-unprecedented-growth-as-clean-energy-demand-drives-strong-increase-in-investment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tripled<\/a> the demand for lithium and created a 70 percent spike in cobalt demand.\u2063 The demand for copper as an energy \u2062transition mineral is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spglobal.com\/marketintelligence\/en\/mi\/research-analysis\/growing-appetite-copper-threatens-energy-transition-climate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected<\/a> to double by 2035.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>But that&#8217;s only the beginning. The United Nations claims the <a href=\"https:\/\/wedocs.unep.org\/bitstream\/handle\/20.500.11822\/43012\/minerals_africa.pdf?sequence=3&#038;isAllowed=y#:~:text=To%20meet%20the%20expected%20rise,by%20nearly%20500%25%20by%202050.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">production<\/a> of minerals for the so-called green \u2062energy sector will need\u2062 to increase 500 percent by 2050 \u200bto meet growing demand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The elements \u200dare primarily extracted from heavily drought-impacted or arid regions. It&#8217;s true in the United States,\u200b Australia, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Canada, \u200cand China.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>And the world&#8217;s water supply is already in trouble. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/wash\/water-scarcity#:~:text=Half%20of%20the%20world's%20population,of%20extremely%20high%20water%20stress.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> estimates half of the\u200d global population could be living \u2063in water-scarce areas by 2025. An \u200dadditional 700 million may be victims of \u200cpopulation displacement \u2063due \u2062to insufficient water by 2030. That&#8217;s without factoring in scaled-up mining\u200b operations to meet the growing demand for renewable energy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Concern over water \u200dscarcity is \u2064something U.S. officials claim is a priority. Last\u200d year, the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/06\/01\/fact-sheet-vice-president-harris-announces-action-plan-on-global-water-security-and-highlights-the-administrations-work-to-build-drought-resilience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> \u2063 a plan for global \u2064water security, which identified the &#8220;direct \u2062links between water and U.S. national security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yet, many officials and organizations \u2063expressing concern \u200bover water scarcity are staunch supporters of energy-related mining.<\/p>\n<p>To make\u2064 products such as solar\u2062 panels, electric vehicle (EV) batteries, and wind turbines, extensive mining and water are required. Critical \u200cminerals used \u200cin &#8220;green&#8221; technology\u2014copper, lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite\u2014require a staggering amount of water to produce. This is especially true for lithium, which \u2063uses 500,000 gallons of water per metric ton during the extraction process.<\/p>\n<p>Environmentalists \u2062often criticize\u200b the brine extraction method \u200bfor sourcing lithium due \u2063to its considerable water use, but other elements used to build\u2063 new energy technology,\u200b particularly copper, are\u2064 also heavy\u200c on\u2063 water.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>More than 100,000 gallons of water \u200bper ton of copper\u200d is used in domestic production, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/wsp\/1330e\/report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the U.S. Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;Brine operations are high water use.\u200c Mining, in general, just uses a lot\u2064 of water,&#8221; John \u2063Hadder, director of Great Basin Resource Watch, told \u2062The\u200b Epoch \u200bTimes.<\/p>\n<h2>High And Dry<\/h2>\n<p>In the United States, Mr. Hadder says he&#8217;s seen the \u200cpush \u2062to increase\u200b domestic lithium production at the expense\u200b of objective environmental analysis. The contested Thacker Pass mine in Nevada is \u2063one of these projects, which local ranchers and Native American communities have opposed to protect groundwater, cultural heritage, and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hadder noted that, while an impact survey for Thacker Pass was conducted, details surrounding damage \u2063mitigation and the protection of \u200cwater resources are conspicuously lacking. He expects this to \u2064become the trend in future mining operations for \u200bgreen energy minerals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Damage is being done already,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Many \u200dexcavation projects in America&#8217;s Silver State require the draining of critical groundwater to extract \u2062the minerals out of the ground.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Hadder called the process &#8220;de-watering,&#8221; and it has been known to\u200c affect everything from nearby springs to residential wells, plants, watersheds, and wildlife. He compared\u200c it to digging a hole in the sand \u200bat the beach: When the water fills in at the bottom, it has to be removed in order to continue digging. This is a common problem in pit mining, a standard \u2064method for extraction in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>This artificial draining of \u2063underground\u2062 aquifers or &#8220;de-watering&#8221; can have a long-range impact on existing resources that could last for decades, even centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, mining lowers the \u200dwater table\u200d by a significant amount. Mr. Hadder cited \u200bthe Cortez\u2064 Hills project in Nevada, where the groundwater was lowered by almost 1,200 feet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re talking about almost\u200c a quarter of a \u2064mile,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat de-watering will affect all groundwater attached to it. Springs, surface water \u2026 That water table will take a hundred years or more to recover. It\u2019s not a short-term effect. Some of those\u200d effects could be permanent,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>Thacker Pass is owned by Lithium Nevada LLC, a\u200b subsidiary of the Lithium Americas Corporation. The project took a major step forward in February this year after a federal court dismissed arguments over environmental groundwater degradation. Phase one is set to begin in the second half of 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Losing Water<\/h2>\n<p>In Argentina and Chile, people have been protesting over the devastating effects of mineral excavation, including copper and lithium, on their\u2062 water for years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chile is the world&#8217;s largest copper producer and a key \u2063member\u200d of South America&#8217;s lithium triangle, alongside\u2064 Argentina and\u200b Bolivia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>A 2021 scientific <a href=\"http:\/\/mdpi.com\/2079-9276\/10\/12\/120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> of Chile&#8217;s\u200b mining sector, most of which lies in the arid Atacama Desert \u2062region, concluded excavation could have \u2062&#8221;significant impacts&#8221; on regional \u200cand community freshwater resources.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s something Chileans have been actively protesting since 2013. That year, 6,000 protesters kicked off a series of\u200c water scarcity demonstrations that included a march on the capital, Santiago. Local media reported the protesters delivered \u2063a letter to then-President Sebasti\u00e1n Pi\u00f1era, stating mining projects were &#8220;drying up our basins, it is devastating the water \u200bcycles that have sustained our valleys for centuries, it is sowing death in our territories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the remote Jujuy province of northern Argentina, hundreds of indigenous people have \u2064been blocking roads to lithium mines and putting pressure on the provincial government since June to stop excavation in the area due to the stress it&#8217;s putting on the community&#8217;s water and surrounding pasture land\u200b for livestock.<\/p>\n<p>Crowds of people have mobilized to stop \u2062further production while waving \u2062the Andean indigenous wiphala\u2064 flag\u2063 and brandishing\u2062 signs with slogans such as: &#8220;We don&#8217;t eat batteries. They take the\u200b water, life is gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators have been \u2063fired on by police, with local reports claiming that more than\u200b 70 people were injured after a June 20 clash with law enforcement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The Lithium\u200d Americas Corporation\u2014the same company involved in Nevada&#8217;s Thacker Pass\u2014has \u2064operated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lithiumamericas.com\/argentina\/cauchari-olaroz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cauchari-Olaroz<\/a> mine since 2015, which\u2062 is one\u2063 of the contested projects in Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>As with many companies\u2063 cashing in on the windfall offered by the so-called renewable energy movement, Lithium\u200b Americas touts \u200da commitment to addressing &#8220;climate change&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lithiumamericas.com\/esg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> it&#8217;s \u200bthe most &#8220;environmentally responsible&#8221; company in the\u200c lithium extraction game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lithium Americas Corporation didn&#8217;t receive a response to The Epoch Times&#8217; request for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>In August, Argentina&#8217;s Minister of Mining, Fernanda Avila, \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spglobal.com\/commodityinsights\/en\/market-insights\/latest-news\/energy-transition\/081423-argentina-could-be-epicenter-of-new-stage-of-lithium-supply#:~:text=In%20this%20way%2C%20sources%20from,year%2C%20and%20reach%2060%2C000%20mt.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predicted<\/a> the country&#8217;s lithium\u200b sector would grow by at least 50 percent by the end of 2023. Meanwhile, residents in \u200bJujuy are watching their water disappear and\u2063 their animals struggle to survive.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many have asked how this approach is green\u2062 or renewable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Employees work on an electric car on Feb. 25, 2020. (RONNY \u2064HARTMANN\/AFP via \u2064Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Lithium mining will be a \u200cproblem for water here too, eventually,&#8221; a resident of Uyuni, Bolivia, who asked to be referred to as Benji, \u200btold The \u2063Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Within\u2062 the lithium triangle, Bolivia has the most underdeveloped, but promising, share of \u200dlithium reserves. \u200cBeneath the vast and famous Salar de Uyuni salt flat lies one of the world&#8217;s largest lithium deposits.<\/p>\n<p>Up to now, companies have\u200d struggled to extract the mineral\u2062 at a meaningful scale due to government red tape. Yet \u2064locals\u2062 are concerned after watching their \u200dneighbors\u2064 in Argentina and Chile suffer water loss. Some fear more than just their precious water will become\u200b collateral when \u200clithium mining expands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People here [in Uyuni] talk \u200bin whispers \u2063because\u2062 if you don&#8217;t work in tourism, you work in lithium,&#8221; Benji explained.<\/p>\n<p>At nearly 12,000 feet above sea level, \u2063the Uyuni salt flat is part of the world&#8217;s driest desert,\u2064 where water is scarce to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>Benji works with \u200ba tour agency that takes visitors out to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. He said if tourism \u200ddries up, then half the town will be forced \u200bto leave, with the remaining families reliant on the \u2062lithium \u2063industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People \u200cwon&#8217;t be able to complain about anything. Their survival\u200d will be in the\u200d hands of a single company,&#8221; he predicted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The United States is witnessing a\u2063 parallel scenario unfold in Nevada, where communities already struggle to hold onto their invaluable groundwater without \u200cadditional mining.<\/p>\n<h2>Lander County, Nevada<\/h2>\n<p>Erika Tenney is a resident of Lander County in Nevada, where her family&#8217;s\u2063 homestead sits within the 10-foot groundwater drawdown planned for the Robertson expansion project,<a href=\"https:\/\/royalgold.com\/our-portfolio\/principal-properties\/cortez\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> part<\/a> of the Cortez Mine Complex.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The reality of living near these sprawling mines is something\u2063 residents like Mrs. Tenney \u2062can&#8217;t ignore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200b have five small children &#8230; I&#8217;m concerned about the quality of the air, the noise \u2064pollution that we have already experienced from the Cortez \u200cmine. I can&#8217;t\u2063 even imagine how\u200d much worse it\u2064 will get,&#8221; Mrs.\u2064 Tenney told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>She said the sound of\u200b vehicles rumbling down the road at the nearby Cortez mine sounds like someone coming directly up her driveway. But the water impact is of particular concern.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that\u2064 we bought our property because it has two creeks that run on the property, and last year, without the [de-]watering that\u2019s \u200dgoing to happen, our creeks got \u2062really low,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t imagine how long it\u2064 will be before it dries up completely. We have\u200b a well &#8230; if the water level goes down, our well will \u2062most likely be lower producing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Groundwater drawdowns are alarming for residents, but mining for the elements needed \u200cto\u200c power renewable energy uses excess \u2064water in many other ways, including the\u2063 creation of\u200d sulphuric\u200b acid required for lithium extraction to watering dirt to reduce\u2063 dust pollution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t know for sure how it\u2019s gonna pan out, but [the aquifer] it\u2019s not going to recover for a couple hundred \u2063years. So if you\u2019re in that path, maybe your great, great, great grandkids will have water again,&#8221; another Lander County resident, who asked to remain anonymous, told\u200d The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Exploration drilling continues for Permitting Lithium Nevada Corp.&#8217;s Thacker Pass Project on \u2062the site between Orovada \u200cand\u200d Kings Valley, in Humboldt County, \u200cNev., shown beyond a driller&#8217;s shovels in the distance, Sept. 13,\u2064 2018. (Suzanne Featherston\/The Daily Free Press via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like Benji in Bolivia, the \u2063anonymous Nevada resident didn&#8217;t want to be\u200c identified out of concern their job might be affected. Much like Bolivia, if you live in a Nevada mining town, everyone is connected to the project \u200bin one way or another.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you\u2019re\u200c in that cone of \u2062depression, your groundwater\u200b is\u200d getting\u2064 sucked down,&#8221; \u2064the resident noted, saying the\u200d lion&#8217;s share of the water removed during mining goes into rapid infiltration basins.<\/p>\n<p>The resident called the intentional drying up of surface water and wells to assist mining &#8220;criminal&#8221; and \u200bsaid the U.S. government should ban it.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Mr. \u2064Hadder said, an even bigger\u200d problem exists on the mitigation end\u2014aside from a lack of independent environmental analysis for these projects, mitigation measures aren&#8217;t subject to much \u2062scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>The resident in Lander County, who has \u2062seen this \u2064happen on more than one occasion, said extraction companies &#8220;Get by with a \u200ccrooked\u2062 smile and say: &#8216;Don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ll take care \u2062of it.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Tenney says the results of de-watering will likely impact the whole Indian Creek\u2064 recreational area, not just her\u2062 home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They [mining companies] say, &#8216;We&#8217;ll put the water back,'&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But they put it back in \u200ba different place. So maybe they put it back in the valley, but it doesn\u2019t make its way back to Indian Creek, which is where we&#8217;re located. And we have a \u2063lot of trout\u2062 and other fish in our creeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hadder noted that there are &#8220;pretty big holes&#8221;\u200d in U.S. water\u2062 regulation for protection and pollution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mining can create water pollution that has no\u200b end in sight. And that\u2019s allowed under U.S. law,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>An Epoch Times \u2063request for comment from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, \u2064and the Department \u2063of the Interior did not receive a response.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 Nevada, concerned citizens have held community meetings, signed petitions, and\u200d held public demonstrations,\u2062 but the digging continues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People come here from all over with their side-by-sides to fish and\u2062 hunt. It\u2019s just \u200ca shame Indian Creek is a pretty unique year-round creek.\u200d And\u2063 for them [mining companies] \u2064 to just come in and de-water and dry \u200bit up\u200b would\u2063 be a real shame,&#8221; Mrs. Tenney said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beneath rural Nevada&#8217;s dusty soil, massive underground aquifers sustain life. Despite minimal rainfall, the driest U.S. state relies on abundant groundwater to support ranchers, farmers, and vital prairie ecosystems. 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