...134 local and environmental organisations from Spain and around the world have expressed their support for the citizens of Cáceres, Spain, and their right to say no to Infinity Lithium's San José de Valdeflórez lithium project. Infinity Lithium...plans to extract lithium from an open pit mine just 800m from the historic centre of Cáceres- a city recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site that relies heavily on tourism...The mining project received financial backing from InnoEnergy - a company supported by the European Union...

In a letter to the to President of the European Commission...the 134 organisations demand that the EU withdraw all financial and promotional support for the...lithium project...The letters authors write: "Top of local people’s concerns are the project’s likely impacts on the environment, water and also on the economic activity of tourism, which is central to the local economy"...Across Europe the EU is providing financial support to prospective mines and research initiatives that seek to increase the domestic extraction of 'critical' minerals and metals...Lithium, which is likely to be added to the EU's list of critical raw materials this year, is one such mineral...There is no question about the need to rapidly move away from fossil fuels. But frontline communities and activists across Europe are increasingly concerned that the vision for achieving this energy transition is being influenced by industry and neoliberal economics in a way that jeopardises citizens, beloved ecosystems and our response to climate change...

...the Save the Mountain of Cáceres Platform...states that Infinity Lithium's proposed mine lacks 'social license to operate'...The extensive international support the...campaign has received reflects the reality that communities around the world are facing similar pressures...