Thanks for posting. Seems your link didn't work, for me anyway, so I'll repost it. It's crucial to understand that the project in jepeordy is not Thacker Pass, but rather Ioneer's. They have some real obstacles. As an aside, I couldn't get over the typos in the article!

EPA says it will declare a desert flower an ‘endangered species’ that could halt a mine necessary for electric vehicle batteriesl