Biden Admin Blocks Mining Of ‘World’s Largest Undeveloped’ Ore Deposit As It Pushes Copper-Heavy EVs, Wind Turbines

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Biden Admin Blocks Mining Of ‘World’s Largest Undeveloped’ Ore Deposit As It Pushes Copper-Heavy EVs, Wind Turbines​

• The Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final determination that will block the mining of necessary material for electric vehicles (EV) despite pushing automakers to ensure that EVs make up 50% of all vehicles sold in the country by 2030.

The determination will alter Pebble Limited Partnership’s current mining process by blocking certain Alaskan watersheds from being used as disposal sites for dredged or fill materials, while also blocking the further mining of 1.4 billion tons of copper, gold, molybdenum, silver and rhenium from the area, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. The mining project would have provided “tens of millions” in tax dollars for the state of Alaska, and helped source EV materials after the passing of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which restricted electric vehicle products from Xinjiang, China, one of the main sources of products crucial in making batteries.

Environmental groups have long opposed the Bristol Bay mining project, alleging it would devastate the salmon-rich waters of Bristol Bay, but many of the same groups have also advocated for making electric vehicles the future of the industry.

Biden Admin Blocks Mining Of ‘World’s Largest Undeveloped’ Ore Deposit As It Pushes Copper-Heavy EVs, Wind Turbines

The Biden Administration's EPA issued a final determination Tuesday that blocked the Pebble Mine in Alaska from discharging mining waste in the Bristol Bay.

dailycaller.com

 

[Grimscale]

Basic NIMBY at work here.
"I want to save the planet, but not if it interferes with the extravagant lifestyle I want to live, or makes me have to do any kind of work at all"


But on the other side of the coin why can't they put the waste back in the giant hole they just opened up? Why do they need to dump it in nearby streams/lakes/bays?
Oh, that's right, it would cost them more so their take home bonuses wouldn't be so ridiculously huge.

The sooner the next asteroid hits, or the next mega-volcano burps, the better off we'll be.