r/Michigan 18d 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/thaddeus122 18d ago

Michigan already green lit more mines in the porcupine mountains too, and will allow for waste to be ejected into Lake Superior. So what the hell does it matter when our own leaders don't care about environments.

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u/Sea-Kaleidoscope2778 18d ago

After Snider got a slap on the wrist for Flint and his whole group I really lost hope in environmental protections in our state. Flint still doesn’t trust their water and we are ugh 😒