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Biden-Harris energy, mining policies threaten Montana way of life | Sen. Steve Daines

The following op-ed by Senator Daines appeared in newspapers across Montana, including Hungry Horse News, Three Forks Voice, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, The Livingston Enterprise, Helena IR, Ravalli Republic, Missoulian, Montana Standard, Billings Gazette, Meet Montana. Few decisions made in Washington impact Montanans more than those made about our nation’s natural resources. Unfortunately, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ pursuit of radical environmentalism and a liberal climate change agenda is shutting down our state’s energy and mining and threatening our Montana way of life. When it comes to mining, look no further than the 700 hard-working miners laid off from Montana’s own

Daines Demands Changes to Biden-Harris Admin on Policy that Hurts Montana Mines

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury urging Secretary Yellen to include extraction costs in the final regulations for the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit (45X) to ease pressures the mining industry is facing due to Russian interference. The letter comes after previous demands from the Senator went unanswered and in response to news that Montana’s Stillwater Mine was forced to lay off 700 employees due to the Biden-Harris administration’s decision to allow imports of critical minerals from Russia. Daines wrote in the letter: “With the recent announcement that the nation’s only platinum and