Shares of start-up lithium miner Lithium Americas (NYSE: LAC) had jumped 10.7% by 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, while more established lithium producer Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) had gained 4.6%. Elsewhere in the clean energy sector, eponymously named natural gas fuel distributor Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE) was rising for its second day in a row, up 4.5%.
You can probably thank Georgia for that.
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