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Community Benefit Agreements are key to mining battery minerals on public lands

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Community Benefit Agreements are needed to integrate community priorities into project design and mining operations on public land in the USA, argues Elizabeth Holley.

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  2. Payne Institute for Public Policy, Golden, CO, USA

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Holley, E.A. Community Benefit Agreements are key to mining battery minerals on public lands. Nat Energy 9, 1323–1324 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01636-1

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