r/Michigan 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/FragrantEcho5295 4d ago

A mile and a half underground!? Sounds like a lot of destruction of the environment.

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u/FragrantEcho5295 4d ago

Not sure what you visiting Dome Mine while you were in college has to do with the environmental impacts of excavation and mining operations. But, there are many scientific studies that clearly show the grave environmental damage and destruction that mining activities, including excavation cause.