Interior secretary blasted for 'really troubling' scheme to mine Utah
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum appears to be cutting corners to establish a uranium mining site in San Juan County, Utah.
Burgum plans to finish an environmental assessment of the Velvet-Wood mine project—a process that typically takes about a year—in just 14 days. His press team said on Tuesday that the fast-track was “cutting needless delays.” And for him, it seems to be a big success.
“The expedited mining project review represents exactly the kind of decisive action we need to secure our energy future,” Burgum wrote via X Monday.
However, as Burgum and President Donald Trump are shouting “drill, baby, drill,” the people whom the mines will directly impact are reportedly being silenced amid this fast-tracked decision.
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