Biden admin issues 20-year mining ban
as it turns to foreign supply chain amid
green energy push
Posted By: Dodge Boy, 1/27/2023 8:54:00 AM
The Biden administration on Thursday announced that it would complete a 20-year withdrawal of 225,504 acres in a northern Minnesota forest area that is home to some of the largest domestic critical mineral reserves. The action announced by the Department of the Interior (DOI) effectively prohibits mining activity from taking place in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Duluth, Minnesota, and surrounding area for the next two decades. The agency said it took the action in an effort to protect the local environment and watershed, which environmentalists worried would be contaminated by mining activity.
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forcing some to flee into ocean: Live updates 5 replies
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Prosecutor ends probe of FBI’s Trump-Russia
investigation with harsh criticism, but
no new charges 9 replies
investigation with harsh criticism, but
no new charges 9 replies
A special prosecutor found that the FBI rushed into its investigation of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and relied too much on raw and unconfirmed intelligence as he concluded a four-year probe that fell far short of the former president’s prediction that the “crime of the century” would be uncovered.
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It could be a colorful night sky for more than half of millions of people in the northern U.S. as the aurora borealis, or northern lights, could make an appearance in more than half of the country.
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America Needs a New Normal
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Biden admin issues 20-year mining ban
as it turns to foreign supply chain amid
green energy push 17 replies
as it turns to foreign supply chain amid
green energy push 17 replies
The Biden administration on Thursday announced that it would complete a 20-year withdrawal of 225,504 acres in a northern Minnesota forest area that is home to some of the largest domestic critical mineral reserves.
The action announced by the Department of the Interior (DOI) effectively prohibits mining activity from taking place in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Duluth, Minnesota, and surrounding area for the next two decades. The agency said it took the action in an effort to protect the local environment and watershed, which environmentalists worried would be contaminated by mining activity.
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Bystanders who watched her mom being arrested slammed cops claiming they 'murdered' her daughter.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence has attained the qualifications to attend the first primary debate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
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Massachusetts gov declares state of emergency
due to surge of migrants, calls for federal action 22 replies
due to surge of migrants, calls for federal action 22 replies
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the liberal state over a surge of migrants that she says has left social services overwhelmed, calling for more funding and federal action. Healey, a Democrat, announced that a state of emergency exists "due to rapid and unabating increases in the number of families with children and pregnant people — many of them newly arriving migrants and refugees — living within the state but without the means to secure safe shelter in our communities." The state says there are nearly 5,600 families or more than 20,000 people in
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Not only are we getting e-cars shoved down our throat, but critical minerals to make e-cars with can't come from America. Such foresight.