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  "textContent": "America is sitting on a lithium bonanza, from Arkansas brines to Appalachian pegmatites, but those world‑class reserves will mean little if Washington, D.C., and eco-activist bureaucrats keep strangling responsible mining with red tape.\n\nThe post Appalachia Lithium Cache Could Power U.S. for Centuries appeared first on Watts Up With That?.",
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