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The health and well-being of Tribal people are already disproportionately impacted by abandoned and new mines, and the outdated rules are entirely inadequate to regulate the modern mining industry. mining rules, Tribal communities will continue to suffer poisoned water and polluted land. “Without swift action to meaningfully reform U.S. “The Zortman Landusky mine has devastated the land and waters of our traditional home in Montana's Little Rockies with acid run-off that will continue forever,” said Andrew Werk Jr., president of the Fort Belknap Indian Community. This threatens the very existence of our community.” Basically, if virtually unregulated mining, as under the current law, is allowed in these watersheds it will combine with these other impacts to push our salmon runs into collapse. Yet, due to a combination of climate change and commercial by-catch, these rivers had dismal returns for King, silver and chum salmon this summer,” said Doug Katchatag, president of the Norton Bay Inter-Tribal Watershed Council. “Our community is entirely dependent on subsistence from the North, Unalakleet and Nulato Rivers. New mining rules would help protect these resources and minimize the damage from the mineral demands of transitioning to a cleaner energy economy. Current regulations disproportionately burden Indigenous and other disenfranchised communities with pollution and threaten land, water, wildlife and climate.

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The petition seeks to significantly update hardrock mining regulations, a need the Biden administration has also identified, to avoid perpetuating the mining industry’s toxic legacy. Reforming these rules will prevent more damage, help us transition to green infrastructure, and leave a livable planet to future generations.” The harm is undeniable, severe, and irreparable.

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“For far too long, mining companies have had free rein to decimate lands of cultural importance to tribes and public lands at enormous cost to people, wildlife, and these beautiful wild places of historic and cultural significance. “It’s long past time to reform the nation’s hardrock mining rules, end generations of mining-inflicted injustice to Indigenous communities and chart a new course for public lands stewardship toward a sustainable, clean energy economy,” the petition states. The proposed revisions aim to safeguard critically important lands across the West and Alaska, including sacred lands and their cultural resources, vital wildlife habitat and invaluable water resources. Department of the Interior to improve and modernize hardrock mining oversight on public lands.

WASHINGTON- Tribes, Indigenous groups and conservation organizations filed a rulemaking petition today with the U.S.

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