In September 2023, scientists funded by a mining company reported finding what could be the
🔸largest deposit of lithium in an ancient US supervolcano. 🔸
Now public researchers on the other side of the country have uncovered
👉 another untapped reservoir in wastewater from Pennsylvania's gas fracking industry.
– and could cover nearly half the nation's lithium demands.
Lithium is arguably the most important element in the nation's renewable energy transition
– the material of choice for electric vehicle batteries.
And yet, there is but one large-scale lithium mine in the US, meaning for the moment the country has to import what it needs.
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