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flag Mining companies sued to reverse the EPA’s Pebble Mine veto, citing overreach and economic harm.

flag Northern Dynasty Minerals and major mining groups have sued to overturn the EPA’s veto of Alaska’s Pebble Mine, one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits, arguing the agency overstepped its authority under the Clean Water Act by blocking the project without a proper cost-benefit analysis. flag They claim the veto, initiated under Obama and maintained under Biden, fails to consider the mine’s economic and national security value in supplying critical copper for renewable energy, defense, and infrastructure amid global shortages. flag The groups warn the EPA’s broad interpretation undermines regulatory certainty, discourages investment, and threatens U.S. manufacturing and energy transition efforts, urging the court to require agencies to weigh economic impacts before blocking major mining projects.

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