The mining giant Rio Tinto is moving ahead with a novel form of lithium extraction in Serbia’s Jadar Valley. Powerful governments want to see it succeed. But critics say it could contaminate drinking water for a third of the population.

The Democratic senator claims to be worried about electric vehicles relying on foreign lithium. The best way to fix that would be walkable cities and great public transit.

Electric bicycles are catching on—and their lithium-ion batteries are catching fire. Why is so little being done about it?

A well-regulated domestic program for recycling lithium batteries could be the key to making renewable energy truly sustainable.

Rhetoric about American energy independence has long been used to trample Indigenous rights. The new era of renewables should be different.

The world should be paying close attention to the country’s decision to postpone the vote.

The crisis in Bolivia has an urgent message for environmental policy in the United States.