The Biden administration may fund 12 critical mineral mining projects in foreign countries to advance its climate agenda despite continuously impeding domestic mining ventures, Axios reported Monday.
Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth Energy and the Environment Jose Fernandez told Axios that the government is considering funding “around a dozen” overseas mining, mineral processing and recycling projects as President Joe Biden looks to secure more critical minerals which are needed to manufacture green energy technologies. However, the Biden administration has previously worked to block large mining projects in both Alaska and Minnesota, citing environmental concerns.
“Joe Biden continues to put foreign jobs over American jobs,” Minnesota Rep. Pete Stauber, the top Republican on the Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Subcommittee, told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement. “This activist Administration is pushing an energy transition, which requires minerals.”
