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Future exploration or mining activities at the site not only threatens the health and welfare of tribal members.
To me, the people, the first people of this country, the Native Americans, we are second-class citizens still.
This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our ...
This law would apply to all of our public lands, including national parks, wilderness areas, and BLM land.
We stand at the edge of a whole new mining rush.
Mining is considered the highest and best use of our public lands.
The mining industry, however, sits above all of that.
The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.
This bill is not just a give-away to the mining industry. It is a wholesale giveaway of our public lands.
You are hearing that correctly. Any American, or notably, any American subsidiary of a foreign company could have the ex...