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Rio Tinto’s proposed copper mine in Arizona has become the cause célèbre in a global trend of activism that threatens to derail the solution to climate change.

A wastewater rule the Trump administration pushed through as a Hail Mary for struggling coal plants is now being cited as a reason some of them are opting to

Biden administration considers mining ban to protect grouse This article is provided courtesy of the Associated Press. Greater Sage Grouse (Shutterstock) Article continues below... The Interior Department review comes in response to a federal court order and is expected to cover millions of acres of sage brush habitat considered crucial to the bird’s long-term survival. A temporary ban on mining was imposed under former President Barack Obama but dropped by the Trump administration. The affected lands totaled 10 million acres in Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.  Millions...

Mining ban considered to protect bird species in US West MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this April 22, 2015, file photo, a male sage grouse struts in the early morning hours outside Baggs, Wyo. A federal judge has overturned a Trump administration action that would have allowed mining and other development in parts of areas spanning six western states that are considered important for the survival of the struggling bird species. (Dan Cepeda/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)Dan Cepeda/AP BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday it...

Published: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.). Photo credit: Teresa Canino/GFR Media/GDA Photo Service/Newscom House Natural Resources Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will be pushing mining reform legislation now that Democrats control Congress. Teresa Canino/GFR Media/GDA Photo Service/Newscom Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are jockeying to capitalize on the Biden administration's clean energy goals in order to enact their divergent visions for a mining overhaul. Republicans this year have repeatedly raised minerals' utility in electric vehicles and wind turbines to suppo...