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15 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Trump Forest Service today issued its final Environmental Impact Statement for massive planned Arizona copper mine that will destroy a sacred Native America site on the National Register of Historic places. Clears way for land sale of federal land to mining company Rio Tinto.
I wrote about this project last month, one of several major mining and energy projects on federal lands that Trump team was rushing to get done before he left office. nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/…
Lawsuits already pending to try to stop this land transfer. But it is unclear if it can be stopped by Biden. Once this Environmental Impact statement is released, land transfer is to Rio Tinto is suppose to happen automatically under law in 60 days.
Trump Interior just a month ago also gave final approval to what a Canadian mining company hopes will soon be the one of the largest lithium mines in the United States in Nevada--ALSO on federal land.

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UPDATE: A federal court judge in DC on today (Tuesday Dec. 22) imposed a temporary restraining order on helium drilling project on pristine federal lands in Utah that I wrote about in SUNDAY NYT. int.nyt.com/data/documentt…
Here is the story. This was one of four projects that I focused on in this story. It is a temporary restraining order, which is very unusual, as Interior has not even issued the drilling permit yet. But judge agreed that his action would be moot if he waited.
Here is the story from Sunday's paper. Final approval of this Utah project had been expected as soon as Dec. 23, with construction slated to begin immediately . nytimes.com/2020/12/19/us/…
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