活动家要求美国调查内华达的锂矿, 以对付对稀有蜗牛栖息地的威胁。 Activists seek U.S. probe into Nevada lithium mine over alleged threat to rare snail habitat.
美国环保人士和原住民积极分子呼吁美国调查内华达州一大型锂矿, 声称这可能造成地下水位下降, 威胁到被视为濒危物种的小型蜗牛栖息地。 Environmentalists and Native American activists are calling for a U.S. investigation into a large lithium mine in Nevada, claiming it may have caused a drop in groundwater levels, threatening the habitat of a tiny snail species considered for endangered status. 蜗牛 Kings River Pryg 住在该地区的13个孤立的泉源里 The snail, the Kings River pryg, lives in 13 isolated springs in the area. 反对者认为,该矿的作业可能导致蜗牛灭绝,而且尚未对地下水的影响进行适当监测。 Opponents argue that the mine's operations could lead to the extinction of the snail and that proper monitoring of groundwater impacts has not been conducted.