{"id":1834699,"date":"2023-02-04T07:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T12:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834699"},"modified":"2023-02-04T07:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T12:21:32","slug":"biden-gives-china-more-power-by-slapping-20-year-mining-ban-on-minnesota-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gives-china-more-power-by-slapping-20-year-mining-ban-on-minnesota-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Gives China More Power by Slapping 20-Year Mining Ban on Minnesota Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-gives-china-more-power-by-slapping-20-year-mining-ban-on-minnesota-land%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834699&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Christopher Bedford, executive editor of Common Sense Society, discusses Hunter Biden\u2019s lawyers denying laptop authenticity, a Chinese spy ball spotted above Montana and the Biden administration&#8217;s ban on mining at a Minnesota Mineral Reserve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite the depletion of the U.S. supply of precious mineral resources, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Biden administration<\/a> GOP lawmakers and experts say that the GOP made a policy change last week that will only make matters worse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has been a long problem, but the Green Movement is essentially a reverse opium trade, where the United States buys overpriced green technologies from Chinese manufacturers that, in turn, makes our manufacturing more expensive,&#8221; Christopher Bedford, executive director of Common Sense Society, stated Friday that Common Sense Society was reacting to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/shows\/mornings-with-maria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mornings with Maria<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Sunday that more than 225,000 acres of forest land in northern Minnesota, home to some of the nation&#8217;s most endangered species, would be withdrawn over 20 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/energy\/evs-need-nickel-minnesota-metal-company-digs-solution-new-mine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The largest domestic mineral reserves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The House Committee on Natural Resources says that the ban covers the Twin Metals Mine, which taps into large domestic resources of copper and nickel, essential for household products, renewable energy, and defense applications.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/energy\/evs-need-nickel-minnesota-metal-company-digs-solution-new-mine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>EVs NEED MICHEL: MINNESOTA MINETAL COMPANY DIGS TO SOLUTION WITH NEW MINE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report was written by the committee <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/newsroom\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A press release<\/a> that the announcement represents the Biden administration\u2019s intent &#8220;to block access to those resources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/931\/523\/MINNESOTA-MINING-TRUCK-GETTY.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Mining truck carries minerals\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Christopher Bedford, Common Sense Society executive director, stated that the ban on mining in northern Minnesota will result in U.S. manufacturing becoming more expensive and outsourcing mineral resources to China for at least twenty years.<\/span><span> (Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If Democrats were serious about developing renewable energy sources and breaking China&#8217;s stranglehold on the global market, they would be flinging open the doors to responsible mineral development here in the U.S.,&#8221; Chairman Bruce Westerman of the Republican Party of Arkansas stated in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot have a future of renewable energy without minerals, period \u2014 not to mention their necessity to our defense systems, satellites, cellphones and virtually every other advanced technology. While Democrats play political ping pong with American industries, China and Russia are laughing straight to the bank.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) called the legislation &#8220;an attack on our way of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Joe Biden banned mining in 225,000 acres of Minnesota&#8217;s Iron Range, and locked up development of taconite, copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum-group elements, and more,&#8221; Stauber made the same statement in the committee statement. &#8220;Unfortunately, this harm to our country and our future has become the norm, as this president\u2019s goal is to put America last.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bedford, a policy expert in policy, agreed with Republican legislators and claimed this move gives them the ability to be more effective. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China needs more power<\/a> Other enemies<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Todd Malan, Talon Metals climate strategy chief, asserts that the construction a Tamarack nickel plant, Minnesota will be of a &#8220;high standard&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We can no longer compete with the Chinese, who undercut our industries in the United States. It&#8217;s wild to see,&#8221; Maria Bartiromo, Bedford&#8217;s host, was informed by Bedford. &#8220;Now, shutting down another copper mine and the waters around Minnesota\u2026 copper is something that&#8217;s pretty essential on high-powered computer chips. Copper&#8217;s something we use in our ammunition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Three people criticized President Trump for pushing ahead with an initiative. &#8220;America-last&#8221; agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the Biden administration is over and over again going to shut down our ability to do mining of a precious and important metals, shut down our ability to take energy from the ground, then the end result is going to be, as opposed to a strong America, the self-reliant, one that&#8217;s reliant on potential adversaries or open adversaries like China,&#8221; Bedford said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>FOX Business&#8217; Connell McShane reports on Tamarack, Minnesota where a small community is trying to establish a nickel mine despite a lack of the mineral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The administration&#8217;s decision to withdraw this mineral-rich area \u2014 blatantly targeting one of our country\u2019s most promising mines \u2014 is short-sighted, foolish and completely unscientific,&#8221; Westerman said. &#8220;Unfortunately, President Biden doesn&#8217;t seem to mind if Minnesota mining communities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the entire American economy<\/a> pay the price.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only winner here is China,&#8221; Stauber admitted, &#8220;as Joe Biden continues to hand our foreign adversaries every advantage possible. I can assure you that this administration, from the president to the Forest Service, to the Interior Department, will answer for the pain they elected to cause my constituents today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxbusiness.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>READ MORE FROM FOX-BUSINESS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Bedford, executive editor of Common Sense Society, discusses Hunter Biden\u2019s lawyers denying laptop authenticity, a Chinese spy ball spotted above Montana and the Biden administration&#8217;s ban on mining at a Minnesota Mineral Reserve. 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