Video & Transcript Research : 'lithium extraction'

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CO
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill also puts in place critical mineral recovery rates, which will ensure that nickel, lithium,
  • Extracts and separates materials from end-of-life propulsion batteries, including metals, compounds,
  • I By 2031: A. 90% of cobalt; B. 90% of nickel; and C. 50% of lithium.
  • By 2035: A. 90% of cobalt; B. 90% of nickel; and C. 80% of lithium.
  • The mining required for lithium, cobalt, nickel, and other rare materials is incredibly destructive.
Keywords: 981, all
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Natural Resources Committee Jun 22nd, 2026

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • extraction or fertilizer production, that you think should not actually be exempt from CEQA review?
  • extraction or fertilizer production that you think should not actually be exempt from CEQA review?
  • And I think to the point about lithium, you know, I think that also raises some concerns and could be
  • So minerals extraction is not something that would have a full CEQA exemption.
  • So minerals extraction is not something that would have a full CEQA exemption.
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Apr 8th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • With designs that prevent the refilling of vape liquid and the recharging of the lithium-ion battery,
  • The lithium batteries and vapes are highly flammable and cannot be removed, and they pose costly safety
  • minerals that go into making the batteries in these products are not only a finite resource, but extracting
  • Extracting and processing them has huge environmental and social impacts.
  • In 2016, our facility experienced a four-alarm fire from a lithium-ion battery at the Shoreway Environmental
Summary: The committee heard several environmental and consumer-safety bills. AB 405, the Fashion Act, would require fashion companies to disclose and manage toxic chemicals in their supply chains; supporters said it would reduce worker and consumer exposure and align with existing industry frameworks, while retailers and business groups argued it would duplicate existing laws and raise costs. After questions about DTSC workload, international standards, and affordability, the bill was moved on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Natural Resources and held on call with three votes. AB 762 would ban the sale and distribution of disposable vape devices; supporters emphasized battery-fire risks, recycling contamination, and waste impacts, while cannabis and convenience-store interests warned it would push consumers to illicit markets and harm legal businesses. The bill passed on a due-pass motion to Business and Professions with three votes and was held on call. The committee also adopted the consent calendar with six votes. AB 794 would direct California to keep in place the federal PFAS drinking-water standard if federal protections are weakened, with supporters citing health risks and the need for certainty, and water agencies opposing the emergency-rulemaking authority and potential costs. Members debated whether the bill was too broad and whether federal funds would cover implementation; the bill passed on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations with four votes and was held open. AB 1148, the Safer Food Packaging Act, would restrict certain chemicals in food packaging; supporters cited cancer and reproductive-health concerns, while chemical, beverage, and manufacturing groups argued the bill should go through existing regulatory processes and that some chemicals lacked feasible alternatives. The author said she would remove antimony trioxide later in the process after hearing opposition concerns; the bill passed on a due-pass motion to Judiciary with four votes and was held open. Finally, AB 1338 would allow local air districts to recover costs for implementing fence-line air monitoring at metal shredding facilities, building on prior legislation and local air district efforts in AB 617 communities. The author said the bill would preserve local control and improve efficiency, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District testified in support. The transcript ends as the district witness begins testimony, with no vote yet taken on AB 1338.
ND
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Apr 3rd, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there anything else in the rare earth elements or an extraction of them that stands out to you in
  • and taking it... ...been doing with their evaluation and extraction and taking it to some sort of a
  • Current mineral law has not contemplated this type of extractive activity.
  • You're extracting them, as someone said earlier this morning.
  • Because you do want to have a place for that coal to go after it comes out in the extraction process.
Bills: SB2339
Keywords: wildfire mitigation, utility liability, strict liability, electric utility, public service commission, PSC, rural electric cooperative, municipal utility, transmission provider, vegetation management, power lines, reclosers, electrical safety, wildfire prevention, grid reliability, public safety, first responders, ANSI A300, National Electrical Safety Code, community outreach
Summary: The Energy and Natural Resources Committee continued work on House Bill 1459, which concerns rare earth and critical mineral recovery from North Dakota lignite coal. Testimony from UND researcher Dan Ludo and industry representative David Straely focused on the urgency of developing the process quickly, the technical differences between extracting minerals from coal versus ash, and the potential value of elements such as terbium, dysprosium, gallium, germanium, and synthetic graphite. Straely argued the bill is constitutional, limited to minerals within the coal seam, and needed to avoid years of quiet title litigation and provide certainty for development and compensation to royalty owners. Committee members raised questions about landowner rights, compensation levels, possible amendments from the Department of Trust Lands, and whether the bill should be modified to address constitutional concerns or sunset provisions. No final action was taken on HB 1459; the chair said parties could work on language until Monday before the committee revisits it. The committee then returned to House Bill 1579, a high-load study bill with a possible energy infrastructure investment amendment. Jody Smith of the Retirement and Investment Office presented updated language adding guardrails for in-state infrastructure investing, including requiring approved projects to be underwritten and managed by a qualified investment manager or financial institution and to follow the Legacy Fund investment policy. Members discussed whether the amendment had been shared with the House sponsor and noted that the related bill 1330 was still pending, so HB 1579 was being held for the time being. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 1566, which had an amendment from the Agriculture Commissioner’s office. The committee adopted the amendment 7-0, then passed a due-pass motion on the amended bill and referred it to Appropriations, also by a 7-0 vote. Members discussed the bill’s fiscal impact, including an estimated $580,000 for two FTEs over two years, and clarified that the study component remains in the bill. Senator Gerhardt was assigned to carry the measure.
US
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hearings to examine the nomination of Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce. Jan 29th, 2025 at 09:15 am

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • We don't mine lithium in America. We want to have electric cars.
  • Granted, we all want clean air and clean water, but why do we have Australia mine lithium with coal,
  • And whether you're talking about the extraction of minerals or the processing of those minerals, we're
  • In other countries, when they're extracting and processing these minerals, their environmental standards
  • We had a great lithium find in Arkansas. We have the Iron Range.
ND
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 22nd, 2026 at 09:30 am

Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you've heard that before, PUREX is an extraction process using solvent extraction.
  • So you're using a solvent extraction... ...solvent extraction.
  • So you're using a... ...solvent extraction. So you're using a... Process using solvent extraction.
  • Then go through a solvent extraction process.
  • If you're looking at lithium brine collection, we're looking at brine concentration, direct lithium extraction
Keywords: 908, all
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Apr 13th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Energy

OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 33 Apr 1st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Apr 8th, 2025

Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials

Transcript Highlights:
  • With designs that prevent the refilling of vape liquid and the recharging of lithium-ion battery, these
  • The lithium batteries and vapes are highly flammable and cannot be removed. safety issues at every point
  • our iPhones after a week or our laptops after a week and we should not treat any other any other lithium
  • critical role that goes into making the batteries in these products are not only a finite resource but extracting
  • In 2016, our facility experienced a four alarm fire from a lithium ion battery. at the Shoreway Environmental
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • There’s no mechanism for thermal runaway in these batteries, unlike lithium-ion batteries.
  • out and and we can basically extract out and and sell<00:25:49.279> uh<00:25:49.360> for
  • The first one is, um, let's see, what is the energy density of these batteries compared to lithium-ion
  • <00:28:30.000> ion these batteries compared to lithium ion these batteries compared to lithium
  • <00:47:14.640> batteries cheaper than what lithium-ion batteries cheaper than what lithium-ion
Bills: HF4059, HF76
Keywords: climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, financing, sustainability, environmental policy, renewable energy, Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority, earned incentive release credit, release credits, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, sentence reduction, good time, prison time, incarceration, violent offenses, murder, criminal sexual conduct, sex offenses
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Finance (03/17/2026)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • issues they've had with lithium issues they've had with lithium batteries<03:17:38.239> going
  • municipalities to manage lithium municipalities to manage lithium batteries<03:18:04.960> when
  • A point... hazardous lithium batteries. I hazardous lithium batteries.
  • , critical minerals including lithium, critical minerals including lithium, cobalt,<03:26:12.239>
  • the lithium ion battery in here, right? the lithium ion battery in here, right?
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • lithium ion battery. lithium ion battery.
  • , cobalt, nickel, and have like lithium, cobalt, nickel, and have real<01:14:11.840> economic<
  • The NWRA is fully supportive of getting problematic materials, such as lithium-ion batteries, out of
  • And<01:15:50.760> given<01:15:51.000> that<01:15:51.160> lithium<01:15:51.520>
  • The NWRA is fully supportive of getting problematic materials, such as lithium-ion batteries, out of
Bills: HF3426, HF3896, HF1426, HF3793, HF4061, HF4246
Keywords: natural resources, environment, sustainability, conservation, outdoor recreation, wild rice, watercraft regulation, environmental protection, aquatic ecosystems, HF1426, product stewardship, extended producer responsibility, EPR, electronics recycling, e-waste, battery recycling, circuit boards, printed circuit boards, electrical products, covered products
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Apr 14th, 2025

Energy Resources

MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/27/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • temporary and permanent regulatory framework will require programs to conduct permitting for the extraction
  • temporary and permanent regulatory framework will require programs to conduct permitting for the extraction
  • temporary and permanent regulatory framework will require programs to conduct permitting for the extraction
  • dealing with embedded batteries lithium dealing with embedded batteries lithium batteries<00:48:
  • batteries ending up in landfills lithium batteries ending up in landfills and<00:49:12.319> we
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 04/21/26

Finance Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So no lawnmower lithium batteries or the golf cart or car lithium batteries.
  • We may have to meet briefly this afternoon. so no lawnmower lithium batteries or the so no lawnmower
  • lithium batteries or the uh uh uh golf<01:46:15.920> cart<01:46:16.360> or<01:46:16.480
  • > car<01:46:17.000> lithium<01:46:17.440> batteries.
  • golf cart or car lithium batteries. golf cart or car lithium batteries.
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee took up Senate File 203, a broad housing bill authored by Senator Port. Port described the measure as a package including $50 million in housing infrastructure bonds, MHFA administrative and investment reforms, expanded Greater Minnesota infrastructure grants for workforce housing, manufactured housing bill of rights provisions, and a private equity restriction on large investors buying certain single-family homes starting in 2026. Fiscal analyst Eric Olafson walked through the spreadsheet and said the $50 million bond authorization would add debt service costs over time, with the total estimated debt service for that authorization at about $75.8 million. Senator Draheim raised concern about the growing cost of bonding and said the state should rely more on cash than debt. The committee then adopted two technical amendments. The A21 amendment, described by Port as correcting manufactured housing bill of rights language, aligning MHFA board meeting language, conforming a lived-experience exemption to federal law, and fixing a capacity-building grants reference, was approved without objection. The A20 amendment, offered by Draheim, was also adopted and would give the legislature more control and visibility over MHFA funding and how quickly program dollars are reinvested after agency operations. Members then debated Draheim’s A22 amendment, which would delete the manufactured home park provisions from the bill. Draheim and several Republicans argued the section could function like rent control, could burden good park owners, and might have unintended consequences for park operations and purchases. Port, Senator Boldon’s allies, and other supporters said the provisions were needed to protect residents from rent spikes and private equity abuses in manufactured home communities, where residents own their homes but not the land. The transcript ends during that debate, before any final disposition on A22 or the bill itself is shown.
ND
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Finance and Taxation Apr 15th, 2025 at 09:00 am

Finance and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This will provide an oil extraction tax exemption for the wells, and it would be for 36 months or 300,000
  • Not to mention, you can see the bottom... ...of that gross production and extraction taxes for the state
  • And so he's like, well, on gold, it's 99%; on lithium, it's about 99%. Even copper is like 95%.
  • just the point of it is, if we can't get more than 6% and other industries that are mining and extracting
  • ll tell you in general, CO2—the bigger benefit of CO2 is the miscibility of it and the ability to extract
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met to consider Senate Bill 2397 and a proposed amendment creating a development incentive well program for North Dakota oil and gas production. Representative Dockter explained the amendment as a way to encourage exploratory and innovative drilling in light of the state’s financial outlook and the growing share of stripper wells. Department of Mineral Resources Director Nathan Anderson and DMR geologist Timothy Nashim presented background on the Bakken and Three Forks formations, with Nashim describing research showing that Middle Three Forks second-bench development can add reserves in some areas but not others, and that roughly 600 additional wells in the strongest area could yield about 250 million barrels of oil. Continental Resources representatives William Houser and John Argo supported the amendment. They said the bill would give a temporary oil extraction tax exemption for certified development incentive wells, limited to 36 months or 300,000 barrels, and would also update tax treatment for gas used in enhanced oil recovery and on-site electric generation. They argued the measure would encourage new technology and testing in existing spacing units, complementing House Bill 1483, which they said focused on geographic expansion into non-Bakken and non-Three Forks areas. Argo said Continental still invests heavily in North Dakota but is shifting rigs elsewhere because of economics, and he urged incentives to spur exploration and preserve the basin’s long-term future. North Dakota Petroleum Council executive director Ron Ness also supported the concept, calling it a targeted, low-risk way to encourage innovation and future barrels. Committee members asked about royalty treatment, the difference from House Bill 1483, pressure maintenance, and how the program would be administered. DMR said the amendment should clarify that the operator bears the burden of proving a well qualifies and that only one incentive well per stratigraphic interval should be certified. No vote was taken; the committee paused to work on revised language and indicated the bill would likely need further adjustment, possibly in conference committee.
NM
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Jan 28th, 2025

House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Like, if I go to Silver City, they have extractive industries out there.
  • The concept of lithium-ion batteries, which is what these would be, is not new.
  • My understanding is lithium batteries cannot go to landfills at this point.
  • Storing lithium batteries might be a big business in the future. We might not want to add to that.
AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • feasibility study and determining the operations and maintenance costs and the actual economics of extracting
Bills: HB2013, HB2026, HB2056, HB2098, HB2113, HB2156, HB2158, HCM2011, HCR2057
Keywords: air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from February 27 and March 3, 2026, and then heard several natural resources and water-related measures. House Bill 2013 would require ADEQ to submit an exceptional event demonstration to EPA when wildfire smoke from federally managed land affects Arizona air quality. The sponsor said this would help Arizona’s ozone/nonattainment position, while Sierra Club and ADEQ raised concerns that the bill duplicates an existing process and could waste staff time and resources. The bill passed 5-3. House Bill 2156 would appropriate $250,000 to the Livestock Compensation Fund. Supporters argued ranchers need help with livestock losses and drought impacts, while opponents criticized the board’s transparency and said the program already receives federal and prior state funding. The bill passed 5-3. House Bill 2113 would require RUCO to intervene in utility rate cases when a proposed increase reaches 100% or more; the sponsor said rural customers are being overlooked, while RUCO said it would need significant additional staff and funding and could not absorb the workload without more resources. The bill passed 6-2, with members noting they expected a future amendment to add funding. The committee also approved House Concurrent Memorial 2011, which urges Congress to delist the Mexican gray wolf and return management to states and local authorities. Supporters cited livestock losses and ranching impacts, while opponents said the species remains endangered and recovery decisions should remain science-based; the memorial passed 5-3. House Bill 2026, concerning how ADWR evaluates water availability when supplies are commingled, passed 5-3 despite concerns that it could weaken groundwater safeguards. House Bill 2056, which funds a feasibility study for brackish groundwater desalination sites, also passed 5-3 after debate over whether the study was necessary given existing groundwater accounting and treatment efforts. House Bill 2098, modernizing Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority bonding authority, passed unanimously 8-0. Finally, House Concurrent Resolution 2057, supporting a geothermal permitting roadmap and agency coordination for next-generation geothermal development, passed unanimously 8-0.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Jun 24th, 2026

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • With designs that prevent refilling vape liquid and recharging the lithium battery, these devices have
  • Lithium batteries and vapes are highly flammable.
  • do not throw away our phones or our laptops after one week of use, and we should not treat other lithium
  • And again, we're trying to limit lithium-ion batteries as much as possible, and if you have something
  • that has... ...a shelf life of one week, there are a vast amount of lithium batteries that are going
Keywords: 987, senate, all