Natural Resources

"Biden Team Prepares $3 Trillion in New Spending for the Economy"

"President Biden’s economic advisers are pulling together a sweeping $3 trillion package to boost the economy, reduce carbon emissions and narrow economic inequality, beginning with a giant infrastructure plan that may be financed in part through tax increases on corporations and the rich."

Source: NYTimes, 03/23/2021

"U.S. Army Corps Suspends Wetlands Permit For Polymet Copper Mine"

"A federal regulator has suspended the permit it issued to PolyMet Mining Corp. to fill or dredge more than 900 acres of wetland for Minnesota's first copper mine, handing a victory to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa."

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 03/22/2021

"Clean Water Act: Trump Rule Imperils More Than 40,000 Waterways"

"More than 70% of U.S. waterways reviewed under a controversial Trump-era rule could be permanently damaged after they were not afforded federal protection, according to Army Corps of Engineers data obtained and reviewed by E&E News."

Source: E&E News, 03/22/2021

Company Wants To Mine Gold Near Death Valley. Tribes Are Fighting It

"LONE PINE, Calif. — Perched high in the craggy Inyo Mountains, between the dusty Owens Valley floor and Death Valley National Park, looms a rugged, nearly roadless chunk of desert terrain teeming with wildlife and scarred by mining operations."

Source: LA Times, 03/18/2021

Over 20 Countries Weakening Environmental Protection During Pandemic

"At least 22 countries enacted or proposed changes during the coronavirus pandemic that weaken environmental regulation, endangering protected areas around the globe, according to a research paper published on Thursday."

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 03/12/2021

Overlooked: Indigenous People Could Lead Global Plan to Conserve Nature

"Dozens of countries are backing an effort that would protect 30 percent of Earth’s land and water. Native people, often among the most effective stewards of nature, have been disregarded, or worse, in the past."

Source: NYTimes, 03/12/2021

"Senate Advances Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland"

"The Senate voted Thursday to move forward with confirming Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to lead the Interior Department, bringing President Joe Biden’s historic nominee one step closer to becoming the nation’s first Native American cabinet secretary in U.S. history."

Source: HuffPost, 03/12/2021

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