GREEN RIVER, Utah—When Kelly Dunham heard that water was gushing out from a test well earlier this month for a proposed lithium mine in the middle of this rural city of 900 residents, she went to see ...

Utah state officials reissued a key water permit for a lithium extraction project near the Green River, overruling concerns raised by conservation advocates and federal agencies. Utah State Engineer ...

The state engineer suspended a key water permit for a direct lithium extraction project. Utah state officials reversed course this week on a key water permit for a major lithium extraction project in ...

A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect ...