Collin Eaton of The Wall Street Journal reports on Exxon’s investment in lithium production.
- Earlier this year Exxon bought drilling rights to over 120,000 acres of land in Arkansas to bolster the company’s lithium production.
- For the first time Exxon has drilled it’s first lithium well on the land and plans to begin producing battery-grade lithium by 2027.
- Free markets and economic freedom are accelerating climate solutions.
“The lithium industry, if it continues to grow in southwest Arkansas, is expected to bring thousands of jobs to a corner of the state that was in decline for decades after the 1980s oil crash. Thousands moved away as the region’s oil wells dried up and big plants closed.”
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