Luis Olmedo, executive director of Comite Civico del Valle and member of California's lithium commission, discusses local community expectations regarding lithium extraction.
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“This is a new opportunity to reset What the future is, and I think that the lithium industry is a great opportunity for our region. Now, that's not to say that as an environmental justice advocate, I'm endorsing it, but we're looking at the whole picture, right?”
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