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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/bidens-order-to-increase-mining-to-power-electric-vehicles-raises-contamination-concerns by Matthew Daly 30/4/22 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/bidens-order-to-increase-mining-to-power-electric-vehicles-raises-contamination-concerns by Matthew Daly 30/4/22 PBS NEWS] | ||
Biden’s action, part of his efforts to find alternatives to fossil fuels and combat climate change, does not waive or suspend existing environmental and labor standards, the White House said. Nor does it address the chief hurdle to increased domestic extraction of so-called critical minerals: the years-long process needed to obtain a federal permit for a new mine. | Biden’s action, part of his efforts to find alternatives to fossil fuels and combat climate change, does not waive or suspend existing environmental and labor standards, the White House said. Nor does it address the chief hurdle to increased domestic extraction of so-called critical minerals: the years-long process needed to obtain a federal permit for a new mine. | ||
=====In Southern Arizona, Community Opposition to Mining Grows in Towns That Once Depended on the Industry===== | |||
[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08052025/southern-arizona-sky-islands-mining-opposition/ by Wyatt Myskow, Yana Kunichoff 8/5/25 Inside Climate News] | |||
A rush of proposals to mine the state’s famed “sky islands” with water drawn from overtaxed aquifers is drawing opposition from people who know the industry’s boom and bust cycles. | |||
