Posted on 03/28/2023 1:04:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland acknowledged Tuesday that the Biden administration’s climate agenda, which is reliant on global critical mineral supply chains, is strengthening China.
During a House Appropriations Committee hearing on her agency’s proposed 2024 budget, Haaland was repeatedly grilled about the administration’s environmental policies blocking further domestic production of critical minerals and opening the door to further reliance on Chinese-sourced minerals. In one exchange with Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., Haaland affirmed that green energy sources “deepen” reliance on Chinese imports.
“I’m telling you right now that 63% of rare earth mining [occurs in China],” Reschenthaler stated. “By deductive reasoning, that would mean that electric vehicles and renewables deepen our reliance on China. Correct?”
“Yes,” Haaland responded. […]
Earlier this year, Haaland finalized a 20-year ban on mining across 225,504 acres in a northern Minnesota forest area that contains vast critical mineral reserves, one year after revoking leases given to a mining firm in the region. The area is home to about 88% of the nation’s cobalt reserves in addition to a large amount of copper, nickel and platinum-group elements.
And a DOI subagency announced earlier this month that it would consider a separate 20-year mining ban across 20,574 acres near Rapid City, South Dakota, that contains lithium, gold, copper and silver deposits. Haaland’s agency has also blocked key mining projects in Arizona and Alaska. …
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Historians would be hard pressed to find a bribe or bribes that have had a greater return or benefit than the bribes the Chinese gave to the Bidens. Biden’s corruption and betrayal has immensely benefited the Chinese and has hurt America and its people.
Another untold reason for banning mining besides increasing our dependence on China is that American miners and manufacturing workers would need to be paid a decent wage with benefits etc. This would therefore increase the manufacturing costs of green energy things making them less economically practical. For cheaper to use Chinese or African slave labor ( many times children ) to keep costs the down. I bet the hypocritical enviromental activists have a blind eye to this.
No, not really. That’s a tactic of the unions, who are themselves bought and paid for by Red China and by the ideology thereof more so.
Agree
Biden’s corruption and betrayal has immensely benefited the Chinese.
And his party they worked him into for a reason they owe too.
Xi much happy on his investments.
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