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Month: June 2022

EV manufacturer reaches agreement to buy lithium produced at the Salton Sea

Stellantis reached an agreement with Controlled Thermal Resources’ Hell’s Kitchen project to buy lithium produced at the Salton Sea to supply its North American electric vehicle production. The 10-year-old agreement will see the CTR supply up to 25,000 metric tons per year of lithium hydroxide, the companies announced. The supply will support Stellantis’ U.S. product offensive

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More than a week after Uvalde massacre, officials are still avoiding the media’s questions about what happened

By Brian Stelter, CNN Business The obituaries for the shooting victims of Robb Elementary took up three full pages in the Uvalde Leader-News on Thursday. The rest of the paper contains haunting questions about why they died. The newest edition of the paper makes clear that many Uvalde-area officials are steadfastly declining to comment, even

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‘Prepared for failure’: Democrats confront reality on gun talks as senators search for ‘incremental’ deal with GOP

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Democrats are ready to drop some of their most pressing demands to restrict access to guns amid the nationwide onslaught of massacres. But even that may not be enough to reach a deal with Republicans. “I’m certainly prepared for failure,” Sen. Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democrat helping

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