The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended prohibiting the operators of Southwestern Alaska's Pebble Mine from disposing of waste material in the nearby Bristol Bay, a regulation that would prevent the mine from opening.
- However, the mine could generate billions in revenue by producing minerals that are crucial in supporting the Biden administration's "clean energy transition."
- Pebble Mine's potential waste discharges would threaten nearby sockeye salmon fisheries by polluting the water and preventing the fish from spawning and reproducing.
Biden wants to generate all of the country's electricity from green energy by 2035
- In March, Biden invoked The Defense Production Act, a Cold War Era law, in an attempt to shore up the domestic renewable energy supply chain which China and other hostile nations have dominated for years
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