Western Watersheds ProjectMay 10, 2023

Finally had a chance to listen to this informative podcast about recent legislative attempts to give #PublicLands to #MiningCorporations.

https://westernpriorities.org/2023/05/a-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-mining-bill/

@aweiss Center for Western Priorities doesn't seem to be in the fediverse yet. Tagging you for your good work instead.

A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad mining bill - Center for Western Priorities

Kate and Aaron are joined by Alli Henderson, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, and Blaine Miller-McFeeley, a senior legislative representative at Earthjustice, to talk about the recently-introduced Mining Regulatory Clarity Act—or, as Miller-McFeeley has renamed it, the Dirty Mining Trumps All Other Uses Act. They talk about what prompted Senator Catherine […]

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@WesternWatershedsProject @aweiss and this article (linked from the podcast) explains the main points about why we need to #Reform the #1872MiningLaw . Thank you for posting about this legislation! #PureWaterIsMorePreciousThanGold https://apnews.com/article/cortez-masto-mining-bill-nevada-cef1f5e6366130101fd6346424cb2ebb
Environmentalists denounce Nevada U.S. senator's mining bill

RENO, Nev. (AP) — 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.

Associated Press
May 10, 2023 at 5:58pmWeb