Rom’s lobbying in Washington directly led to the Obama administration denying renewal of Twin Metals leases in December 2016, and in January 2017 to the proposed withdrawal for a 20-year term of 234,000 acres of National Forest System lands in…
...the Obama administration misled Congress while acting in the interests of unnamed “activists” by initiating a bad faith environmental review designed to reach a predetermined outcome and by denying two noncontroversial leases, preventing responsible mining in an area twice authorized…
The Forest Service mission is to “sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests … to meet the needs of present and future generations …to encourage orderly development of domestic mineral resources.” Ann Donnelly The Columbian Forest Service…
To address supply chain vulnerability and import dependence, President Trump and Congress should examine ways to speed up permitting of new U.S. mines and smelters, eliminate duplicative regulations and support policies that encourage resource and materials innovation. JS Jacques Fox…
In February 2014, the EPA took the unusual action of blocking a mine before the project owner applied for a development permit. Trump win ignites hope for stalled Alaska copper, gold mine A small Canadian miner is confident Donald Trump's…