The Trump administration is fast-tracking a uranium mine in Utah by slashing the permitting process to just 14 days, bypassing environmental review and cutting the public out entirely. Projects like this are supposed to go through NEPA, the law that requires environmental impact assessments and public comment. But under the false claim of an “energy emergency,” Trump’s Interior Department, currently being run by a former Musk staffer, is abusing emergency procedures meant for real disasters like wildfires to greenlight the Velvet-Wood uranium and vanadium mine. No environmental assessment. No input from nearby communities. Just a rubber stamp. It’s a dangerous precedent that guts oversight, tramples local voices, and will face legal challenges.
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