In the news today…
Minerals:
- Nebraska Examiner (Neb.) carries an op-ed by Barry Butterfield, a civil engineer who worked in the public and private sector for over 40 years, in which he argues we must make a major push to create new uranium mines and reopen old mines that have been closed, such as Crow Butte.
- Washington Examiner carries an op-ed by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito in which she argues the United States has a permitting problem.
- E&E News PM reports an Obama-era Interior Department official has registered to lobby for the developer of a proposed lithium and boron mine in Nevada.
Mining Law:
- The Hill carries an op-ed which argues as critical mineral demand rises to power technologies like electric cars, trucks and buses that help us move toward a 100 percent clean grid, we must also make sure that the way we extract these resources is sustainable, ethical and pro-worker, as well as abides by environmental and human rights laws.