The Mining Regulatory Clarity Act represents an unprecedented, de facto giveaway of America’s cherished public lands to mining corporations, upending and reversing over one hundred years of public land law precedent. Under the bill, anyone—for a nominal fee—gains permanent rights to occupy land, construct massive waste dumps, and build roads and pipelines across public lands […]

Dear Chairman Westerman, Ranking Member Grijalva, and Members of the Natural ResourcesCommittee: As your committee considers changes to the energy and mine permitting processes, on behalf of the undersigned, we write to ask you to prioritize efforts that would balance public health, community input, and the protection of watersheds, wildlife habitat and cultural and historic […]

TO: President Joseph R. Biden CC: Secretary of State, Antony Blinken      Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations Joseph Yun      Ambassador of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United States, Gerald Zackios We are writing to respectfully urge the White House and the Department of State to prioritize issues of […]

NNSA Los Alamos Field Office Comments: LANL SWEIS SA 3747 West Jemez RoadLos Alamos, NM 87544 By email to: lanlsweissa@nnsa.doe.gov, Subject line: LANL SWEIS SA, May 9, 2020 Dear LANL SWEIS SA Document Manager, We respectfully submit these comments for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA’s) Draft Supplement Analysis of the 2008 Site-Wide Environmental Impact […]

March 30, 2018 Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council 1800 F St., NW Washington, DC 20405 FAST.FortyOne@fpisc.gov Janet.pfleeger@fpisc.gov Re: Comments on the proposal to add mining as a covered sector under FAST-41 Dear Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council members, On behalf of mining impacted communities across the West, we submit these comments to oppose adding mining […]