Oregon Natural Desert: Tell Your U.S. Senators to Defend Public Lands from Mining Deregulation

On November 9, the U.S. Senate will vote on whether to advance a bill that aims to dramatically weaken regulations on public lands mining. These regulatory rollbacks would make it easier to develop mines and could even increase industrial development. The bill that would cause irreparable harm to Oregon’s high desert by: Allowing mining corporations to dump unlimited amounts of toxic waste on public lands, permanently damaging sensitive ecosystems, contaminating watersheds, and threatening local communities; and by Exempting mining corporations from permitting requirements, making it easier to build roads, pipelines, power lines, and other infrastructure through public lands, resulting in lasting damage to essential habitat for wildlife species from pygmy rabbits to pronghorn. Urge your U.S. senators to oppose the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act Act HERE.