Climate Change
Tribe Sues Interior Department Over Approval of Arizona Lithium Project
In the lawsuit, the Hualapai Nation claims a lithium exploration project near its reservation and the town of Wikieup could threaten a spring sacred to the tribe.
The Hualapai Nation sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Friday over its approval of a lithium exploration project near Wikieup, Arizona, alleging the federal agency did not properly evaluate the project’s potential impacts on the local aquifer that feeds a nearby spring that is sacred to the tribe.
Tribe Sues Interior Department Over Approval of Arizona Lithium Project