The U.S. needs to produce more critical minerals domestically, rather than sourcing them from overseas. A pair of House bills introduced last week recognizes the problem. S.5039 and S.5030 would…
A report by the International Energy Forum found that manufacturing 100% electric vehicles by 2035 would require 55% more new mines than would have to open otherwise. To meet “business-as-usual,”…
The White House demands that corporations turn a blind eye to human rights abuses in the mining of minerals in “risky” countries. That’s what Amos Hochstein, White House senior adviser…
President Joe Biden will visit the Dutch Creek farm in Northfield, Minnesota today to tout the “success” of Bidenomics. The President will highlight billions of dollars in additional federal spending…
Minnesota’s mining operations and manufacturers use massive quantities of electricity, accounting for 30 percent of electricity consumption in 2022. Unfortunately, newly released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)…
A video of African miners narrowly escaping death as a mine shaft collapsed went viral on Twitter over the weekend. The video below shows miners leaping out of a tunnel…
On Tuesday, Minnesota Public Radio reported that environmental groups, including the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, have launched a campaign aimed at stopping the proposed Tamarack mine. The mine was…
American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr joined Jesse Watters Primetime on January 31st to discuss how building more wind turbines will increase demand for copper, and how the Biden administration…
Last week, Minnesota Democrats won the Governor’s mansion, the House of Representatives, and the State Senate, giving them unified control of the legislature for at least the next two years.…
On Sept. 16, the administration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz released the final version of its Climate Action Framework, a document that lays out Walz’s vision for Minnesota’s energy future.…
A recent article in Reuters said it best: power, meaning electricity, is the Achilles heel of all industrial production plants, and all metals are to some extent impacted by the…
Mine permitting on federal lands has slowed under President Biden, according to a report from E&E News. The report highlights some of the inconsistencies between President Biden’s supposed desire to…
Good news on the mining front today as PolyMet Mining and Teck Resources have announced a joint venture that would place their respective Minnesota projects, which contain high-in-demand copper, nickel, cobalt and platinum-group metals under…
Bloomberg writes that pro-Chinese agents posed as concerned local residents on social media to try and spark protests over the opening of rare earth mines in the US and Canada,…
Yesterday, I detailed how the Biden administration’s EPA has recommended that the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers vote to not renew the Clean Water Act Section 400 permit for the…
The Biden administration has suffered another devastating blow from the Biden administration. President Biden’s latest setback occurred as President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a recommendation to the Army…