The bill runs contrary to the precedent set in last year's Rosemont Mine ruling here in southern Arizona.
RENO, Nev. — The Nevada Democrat who’s the heir apparent to the late Sen. Harry Reid’s role as chief defender of the mining industry across the West is for the first time feeling the wrath of environmentalists, who otherwise consider her an ally.
Blaine Miller-McFeeley, a lobbyist for the Washington-based Earthjustice, called the bill “a wholesale giveaway to mining companies.” Nevertheless, in that case U.S. District Judge Miranda Du allowed construction to begin while the bureau attempts to come into compliance with the new requirement that valuable minerals be validated beneath the land where the waste-rock dump is planned at Thacker Pass.
“Now that the judicial system has finally begun to interpret the antiquated 1872 mining law in a way that calls into question the irresponsibility of the mining industry, ... we see the industry rushing to do damage control,” said Sarah Wochele, the mining justice organizer of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.
And like Reid, she is committed to the tens of thousands of mining jobs in Nevada, the biggest U.S. gold producer. But across the landscape, the new “gold” has become lithium, and ramped-up production of electrical vehicles is a key part of President Joe Biden's clean energy agenda.
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