After Two Decades of Controversy, the EPA Uses Its ‘Veto’ Power to Kill the Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska The Biden administration’s move protects the world’s most abundant sockeye salmon run and a vital commercial fishery. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, said the veto “sets a dangerous precedent.” By Max Graham
A Rare Plant Got Endangered Species Protection This Week, but Already Faces Threats to Its Habitat By Wyatt Myskow
Biden’s Been in Office for More Than 500 Days. He Still Hasn’t Appointed a Top Official to Oversee Coal Mine Reclamation By James Bruggers
Powering Electric Cars: the Race to Mine Lithium in America’s Backyard By Aime Williams, The Financial Times
Russia’s War in Ukraine Reveals a Risk for the EV Future: Price Shocks in Precious Metals By Marianne Lavelle
As the US Rushes After the Minerals for the Energy Transition, a 150-Year-Old Law Allows Mining Companies Free Rein on Public Lands By Jim Robbins
Backed by International Investors, Mining Companies Line Up to Expand in or Near the Amazon’s Indigenous Territories By Katie Surma
Ecuador’s High Court Affirms Constitutional Protections for the Rights of Nature in a Landmark Decision By Katie Surma
‘A Trash Heap for Our Children’: How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth By Marianne Lavelle
On Baffin Island in the Fragile Canadian Arctic, an Iron Ore Mine Spews Black Carbon By Kristoffer Tigue
Trump May Approve Strip Mining on Tennessee Protected Land By JAMES BRUGGERS, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS, AND TYLER WHETSTONE, KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL
Drilling, Mining Boom Possible But Unlikely Under Trump’s Final Plan for Southern Utah Lands By Judy Fahys