Federal renter protections - Ransomware crackdown - Covid vaccine strategy shift

Source: Representative Betty McCollum

1. Summary
   On Thursday the Interior Department issued a 20-year moratorium on mining near the Boundary Waters area of northeastern Minnesota, which was being considered as the site of a copper and nickel mine. The 20-year moratorium is the maximum that the Interior Department can issue; a permanent one would require an act of Congress. It reverses the Trump administration's approval of the area for leasing.
   
   The restriction comes after two federal agencies assessed the potential environmental impacts of the proposed mine. The industry and a local Republican congressman argued that the move will increase U.S. dependence on China and slow America's clean energy transition.
   
   The administration also repealed the Trump administration's policy on the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, which re-implements restrictions on logging and road development. Tongass is the world's largest intact temperate rainforest and acts as a carbon sink. Alaska's Republican governor said the policy would cost jobs and access to renewable energy.

   Highly-rated - last 48 hrs
   Biden administration issues Boundary Waters mining moratorium.
   Roll Call (Center) • Factual Grade 80% • 3 min read
   

1. Different political viewpoint
   Biden restores protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest after Trump rollback.
   CNBC (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 76% • 2 min read

1. Selected long-read
   Environmental protections are blocking the infrastructure needed to combat climate change. (2022)
   Wall Street Journal (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 61% • 6 min read

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