Activists seek U.S. probe into Nevada lithium mine over alleged threat to rare snail habitat.

Environmentalists and Native American activists are calling for a U.S. investigation into a large lithium mine in Nevada, claiming it may have caused a drop in groundwater levels, threatening the habitat of a tiny snail species considered for endangered status. The snail, the Kings River pryg, lives in 13 isolated springs in the area. Opponents argue that the mine's operations could lead to the extinction of the snail and that proper monitoring of groundwater impacts has not been conducted.

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