[greatplains]

This could be a good thing if "We're with the Government and we're here to help" doesn't come in and shut it all down.

[jeffc]

The “Nebraska Rare Earth Elements Rush” just doesn’t have the same ring to it as the “California Gold Rush”, does it?

[Shadow44]

Don’t worry, the EPA will ban their extraction, all in the name of “saving the environment”.

[qam1]

Sorry, the mid western spotted snail darter lives there, so the coming Obama Executive Order will make it a world heritage site

[Netizen]

Yeah if the government let’s us use them.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

The [insert name of any geographic location here*] biosphere is a uniquely significant environment, with an extraordinarily fragile ecosystem supporting both plants and animals found nowhere else on earth.

This is the last place an ecologically responsible government would want to destroy, say environmental activists.

*Elk Creek

There, I’ve practically drafted Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s talking points for him, and it took under two minutes. All he has to do is plug in the name.

[Rudder]

US lawmakers are growing impatient to break China’s monopoly on global production of rare earth elements (REEs)...

Lawmakers?! want REEs to be mined here in the USA? Is government leading private industry into a pit again?

[Rogle]

Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and other surrounding states have significant REE deposits and the EPA is blocking their extraction.

[douginthearmy]

Secede immediately!

[MrB]

“Hey! We promised the Chinese a monopoly on REE! You can’t mine those! You’ll endanger a... uh... a rare grasshopper! That’s the ticket! A grasshopper!”