We'll believe the Administration is serious about reducing CO2 emissions when they start doing things, like increasing mining, which are necessary to build the renewables and EVs they want. Until then, we'll know that their agenda is just about controlling the economy not reducing CO2 emissions.
Mining.com (9/9/21) reports: "The Biden administration said it will relaunch a process that could permanently protect Bristol Bay — a vital Alaskan watershed — from the development of the controversial Pebble mine project. In an Alaska federal district court filing on Thursday, the Department of Justice asked that the court vacate a 2019 decision by the Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency to remove protection of the Bristol Bay watershed, home of one of North America’s biggest sockeye salmon fisheries. The Pebble project has been pursued for more than a decade, faced environmental opposition from the onset, and its development has been surrounded by controversy and delays, including the EPA’s decision in 2014 to propose restricting the discharge of mining waste and other material in the area. But the developer — Canada’s Northern Dynasty Minerals and the EPA in 2017 ended the long dragged out dispute over the federal agency’s decision to block construction. The settlement paved the way for an eventual federal permitting decision that could allow Northern Dynasty’s subsidiary — Pebble Limited Partnership — to move forward."
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