Patrick Howarth, left, global business manager, low carbon solutions for ExxonMobil, shakes hands with Sen. Mark Johnson, R-Little Rock, after an announcement of a new lithium extraction operations to start soon in south Arkansas, on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Exxon said by 2030 it expects to produce enough lithium to supply the manufacturing needs of more than 1 million electric vehicles. (Thomas Metthe/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)