In the news today and from the weekend…
Minerals:
- E&E Greenwire reports environmentalists are growing nervous that President Biden may invoke a Cold War-era program to fund more mining at home.
- The Intercept reports the Biden Administration is drafting an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to alleviate shortages of key minerals needed for the technology to store clean energy.
- Arkansas Business reports Arkansas Business, led by energy reporter Kyle Massey, has been following the story of Arkansas lithium since 2018, when a Vancouver company few had heard of began optioning brine lands and detailing extraction plans in south Arkansas.
EPA:
- Inside EPA reports a range of major industry sectors is backing EPA in its fight against a whistleblower group’s effort to strengthen the agency’s “corrosivity” standard under the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA), with industry citing major adverse cost, waste disposal and beneficial reuse impacts that would result from the changes being sought by petitioners.
Coal:
- E&E Energywire reports the upcoming closure of one of the few remaining coal-fired power plants in the southwestern U.S. has generated a dispute over financing and customers rates.