"Experts say a saltwater, or brine, aquifer under the #Smackover Formation may contain enough #lithium to produce batteries for 50 million EVs.
Umberson said this new process, dubbed Direct Lithium Extraction (or #DLE), will benefit south #Arkansas and the lithium industry as a whole because of its high lithium recovery rates and minimal environmental impact.
[But] Umberson and Donnelly say further independent research must be done on DLE and its long-term impacts."
"Donnelly said that to truly protect natural landscapes and the communities of people who live near extraction plants, the federal government must step in to provide guidance through legislation."
"We don't have an energy policy in this country."
What we need is leadership from the administration to look at the whole country and say, Where does it make sense to produce this lithium? And where is too harmful? And what are these impacts going to be? "
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