Green revolution has Democrats going big on mining April 1, 2022
“Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) said during the hearing that hardrock mining and minerals will ‘play a pivotal role’ in the energy transition. ‘Mineral technologies moving hand in hand, evolving together,’ Hickenlooper said, is how ‘civilization has always progressed.’
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said it is ‘essential’ to produce more minerals at home and ‘reduce our country’s dependence on foreign-produced minerals.’ Wyden, who recently introduced a bill that would subsidize some mining activities, said ‘reducing that dependence’ on other countries is ‘as much a national security issue as it [is] an environmental’ one (E&E Daily, March 9).
And Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) called for the government to ‘streamline our permitting’ process, and declared that mining in Nevada will one day make her state 'a nexus for our clean energy and our critical mineral future.’”
https://www.eenews.net/articles/democrats-go-big-on-mining-will-there-be-a-backlash/