President Joe Biden’s clean energy goals will get a massive boost from a lithium mine sitting above a prehistoric volcano on the northern edge of Nevada that received final federal permitting approval at the end of the Trump administration.

Lithium is a key ingredient in batteries, including ones used for powering electric cars and storing renewable energy, but almost none of it is produced in the United States.

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