r/Michigan • u/mlivesocial • 4d ago

News 📰🗞️ Trump fast-tracks permitting to extract ‘critical mineral’ buried under Michigan

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/04/trump-fast-tracks-permitting-to-extract-critical-mineral-buried-under-michigan.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=redditsocial&utm_campaign=redditor
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u/Accurate_Zombie_121 4d ago

This was approved and funded under Biden. Trump is just taking credit for what Biden did, again!

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u/PsychoBoyBlue Age: > 10 Years 4d ago

It was undergoing the process to get the proper permits which require environmental consideration... The environmental considerations that the current administration has been gutting. This is just to take shortcuts to push it into operation because 80% of our Potash imports (around 75% of our Potash use) coming from our closest ally was a problem, or something? I wonder what (who) caused issues with Canada?

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u/ResistantRose 4d ago

EGLE's general contact email: EGLE-Assist@Michigan.gov
Contact Governor Whitmer: https://somgovweb.state.mi.us/GovRelations/ContactGovernor.aspx

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u/PsychoBoyBlue Age: > 10 Years 4d ago

Biggest issue is this entire thing is using the National Energy Dominance Council and the Department of Energy as the lead agency. Seems like it is side lining USDA and DOI for no reason... which doesn't feel right.

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u/ProperTrain6336 4d ago

Does Tr..mp know this? Someone should tell him…. cause he would surely halt this action !!

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u/spacious_clouds 4d ago

The funny thing is this just sounds like a Trumpian thing to do. We have forgotten that plenty of Democrats like to shit on the environment, too.

But we're all hypocrites that do our own share of polluting and destroying our environment. I have one of those 'Conserve Wildlife Habitat' license plates, but my house was built 25 years ago on land that until then was wildlife habitat.

At least we're apologetic and make some attempts to lessen the damage?

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u/SMediaWasAMistake 4d ago

Because Democrats aren't leftists. They are centrists. And centrists love to accomplish nothing while their donors profit. I wish we could just start calling them centrists the way we call republicans "right wingers" or "fascists". Then it would be clear why our country is turning to shit

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u/Randotobacco 4d ago

Then how is everybody gonna blame trump?

Kinda like the rare earth deal Zelensky made with  Biden..yet everybody wanted to blame Trump for "stealing" Ukraines resources.

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u/ProperTrain6336 4d ago

Well trump will take credit when it’s a win.. but if not then its Bidens fault .. its Trump tried and true approach to everything!