Advertisement Home // NPR News A proposed lithium mine presents a climate versus environment conflict 03:45 Download Play November 12, 2022 David Boraks Twitter facebook Email Signs like this one, spotted Oct. 26, 2022, are all over northern Gaston County, N.C., near where Piedmont Lithium wants to build a 1,500-acre lithium mining and processing operation. (David Boraks/WFAE)