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Coal mining controversies follow 2 Trump picks
Two of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees have been embroiled in past coal mining controversies, which are likely to resurface during confirmation hearings next year.
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Dylan Brown, E&E News reporter
Two of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees have been embroiled in past coal mining controversies, which are likely to resurface during confirmation hearings next year.
RIO GRANDE NATIONAL FOREST, Colo. — Fights over a planned luxury resort in the network of babbling streams and spongy wetlands here have spanned 40 years, but the end may be in sight. If environmentalists lose their latest court battle over the project, one of the last remaining avenues to stop the development is the Clean Water Act — an option that may not be on the table much longer.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
President Trump yesterday invoked a Korean War-era law to secure supplies of rare earth minerals that China has threatened to cut off in retribution for tariffs.
By Dylan Brown in Greenwire
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RIO GRANDE NATIONAL FOREST, Colo. — Fights over a planned luxury resort in the network of babbling streams and spongy wetlands here have spanned 40 years, but the end may be in sight. If environmentalists lose their latest court battle over the project, one of the last remaining avenues to stop the development is the Clean Water Act — an option that may not be on the table much longer.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
President Trump yesterday invoked a Korean War-era law to secure supplies of rare earth minerals that China has threatened to cut off in retribution for tariffs.
By Dylan Brown in Greenwire