Rare earth materials

by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel In the next few days, the Environmental Protection Agency will announce that it is officially revisiting its 2009 “endangerment finding,” the controversial declaration that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant. Dozens of lawsuits will immediately follow, some judge will block the process, and courts [...]

by Greg Walcher, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow The Daily Sentinel Energy Secretary Chris Wright went to Wyoming last week to cut the ribbon on the first new rare earth mine in the U.S. since the 1950s. Telling the assembled guests and reporters that the “Brook Mine” is critical to breaking China’s “stranglehold on rare [...]