Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to include comments from Colin Williams, coordinator of the USGS Mineral Resources Program, who responded to RCI’s request for comment after publication.
On July 11, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Wyoming’s top elected officials were in the Cowboy state celebrating something that last happened when Dwight Eisenhower was president and the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series: The United States opened a rare earth...
On June 27, the Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump what he hailed as a “GIANT WIN,” finding that lower courts had “likely” overstepped in ordering universal injunctions blocking many of the president’s policies.
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While this trend involves many factors, perhaps...
