Environmentalists worry that a small mining company’s lobbying push in Georgia is unduly influencing the state’s permitting process for a proposed mine that the Biden administration has said will threaten a wildlife refuge and the endangered species it protects.
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) on Feb. 9 published a draft permit for Twin Pines Minerals LLC’s proposed titanium dioxide and zirconium mine near Okefenokee Swamp. The draft permit is available for public comment for 60 days.
The mine is ...
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