What Is Also Going on in North Carolina (and Everywhere Else, Pt 3)

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Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)
The goal of Earth MRI is to improve our knowledge of the geologic framework in the United States and to identify areas that may have the potential to contain undiscovered critical mineral resources.
Enhancement of our domestic mineral supply will decrease the Nation’s reliance on foreign sources of minerals that are fundamental to our security and economy.

https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/earth-mri

The Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)

https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2019/3007/fs20193007.pdf

What is Earth MRI, and why is it controversial?

https://www.popsci.com/science/earth-mri-mining-west/

Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) - Alaska

https://dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/project/1597

On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, making a once-in-a-generation investment in the Nation’s infrastructure and economic competitiveness.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is advancing scientific innovation through a $510.7 million investment in the USGS, with a significant portion going to fund critical minerals research.

On November 15, 2021,
President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (PL-117-58), making a once-in-a-generation investment in the Nation’s infrastructure and economic competitiveness.

https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-investments/science/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-1

Public Law 117-58 117th Congress An Act

https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ58/PLAW-117publ58.pdf

Minerals Security Partnership - United States Department of State

https://www.state.gov/minerals-security-partnership/

Tesla lithium supplier Albemarle set for $4.3B takeover to beef up supply
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-lithium-supplier-albermarle-set-for-4-3b-takeover-liontown-resources/

Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium gains mining approval in North Carolina

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-piedmont-lithium-north-carolina/

Where Does Tesla Get its Lithium? (Updated 2024)

https://investingnews.com/where-does-tesla-get-lithium/

Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: Roundtable 2019-September 2024

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/tesla-tsla-the-investment-world-roundtable-2019-september-2024.139047/page-14356

DoD Enters Agreement to Expand Domestic Lithium Mining for U.S. Battery Supply Chains

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3522657/dod-enters-agreement-to-expand-domestic-lithium-mining-for-us-battery-supply-ch/

Joint Statement from the United States and India

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/22/joint-statement-from-the-united-states-and-india/

US-led minerals partnership shortlists projects for green energy shift

https://www.ft.com/content/16927ddd-3cb9-4516-9934-eb94b032aea8

Executive Order on America's Supply Chains | The White House

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/24/executive-order-on-americas-supply-chains/

Securing Defense-Critical Supply Chains

https://media.defense.gov/2022/Feb/24/2002944158/-1/-1/1/DOD-EO-14017-REPORT-SECURING-DEFENSE-CRITICAL-SUPPLY-CHAINS.PDF

U.S. and partners enter pact to secure critical minerals like lithium

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/us-partners-enter-pact-secure-critical-minerals-lithium-2022-06-14/

Executive Order 14017 on Securing America's Supply Chains

https://www.cisa.gov/executive-order-14017-securing-americas-supply-chains

New 'black gold' of Alabama to put state on map for automakers

https://1819news.com/news/item/new-black-gold-of-alabama-to-put-state-on-map-for-automakers-04-20-2022

Government Invests $5M to Turn the Rust Belt Into the Lithium Belt

https://www.vice.com/en/article/government-invests-5m-to-turn-the-rust-belt-into-the-lithium-belt/

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Driving U.S. Battery .

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/10/19/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-driving-u-s-battery-manufacturing-and-good-paying-jobs/

Securing America's Clean Energy Supply Chain

https://www.energy.gov/policy/securing-americas-clean-energy-supply-chain

US gathers resource-rich nations to push minerals security pact

https://www.mining.com/web/us-gathers-resource-rich-nations-to-push-minerals-security-pact/

Mineral Security Partnership - Vajiram & Ravi

https://vajiramandravi.com/upsc-daily-current-affairs/prelims-pointers/mineral-security-partnership/

the blue ridge mountain mile long belt of ore stretches north from the southern state line the strip called the Carolina tin-spodumene belt contains the countries largest hard rock deposit of lithium

The electric vehicle boom could bring lithium mines back to North Carolina
Not all locals are happy about it.
Now, mining companies are once again eyeing North Carolina as they seek to capitalize on the booming market for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that three known spodumene deposits in the region – around Kings Mountain, Bessemer City, and Cherryville – contain a combined 426,600 metric tons of lithium.

https://grist.org/equity/electric-vehicles-north-carolina-lithium-mining-albemarle/

Iron Ore

https://iasbaba.com/2022/09/iron-ore/

WEAPONIZED Disasters & LAND GRABS: the Blueprint Exposed by the MAUI FIRES

https://rumble.com/v5h73wp-weaponized-disasters-and-land-grabs-the-blueprint-exposed-by-the-maui-fires.html?e9s=rel_v2_pr

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $185 Million in Allocations for Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams Through Investing in America Agenda

https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240626/biden-harris-administration-announces-185-million-allocations-rehabilitation

$185 Million in Allocations for Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams Through Investing in America Agenda

https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/risk-management/dam-safety/rehabilitation-high-hazard-potential-dams

High Hazard Potential Dams Grant Awards

https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/risk-management/dam-safety/rehabilitation-high-hazard-potential-dams/awards

North Carolina North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality $9,516,495

South Carolina South Carolina Department of Public Health $5,853,542
Georgia Georgia Department of Natural Resources $6,229,230 Federal infrastructure funding is fueling a push to remove dams and restore river habitat

https://apnews.com/article/dam-removals-infrastructure-law-president-biden-693e52c29c7196c0814889fda2001670

Flush with federal funds, dam removal advocates seize

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/flush-with-federal-funds-dam-removal-advocates-seize-opportunity-open-up-rivers-restore-habitat/J643KUHZDJAS7EGFIVWYHRNNJQ/

Federal grant lets NC dam removal project move forward

https://www.wunc.org/2023-04-25/federal-grant-lets-n-c-dam-removal-project-move-forward

President Biden secured more than $50 billion for climate resilience and adaptation through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act and established a National Climate Resilience Framework, which is advancing locally tailored, community-driven climate resilience strategies.

The High Hazard Potential Dam grant program’s objectives and eligibility requirements align with these efforts to strengthen the Nation’s resilience to climate-related hazards.

Piedmont Lithium Amends Agreement with Tesla

https://www.piedmontlithium.com/piedmont-lithium-amends-agreement-with-tesla/

Piedmont Lithium wins US state mining permit after posting reclamation bond

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/piedmont-lithium-wins-us-state-mining-permit-after-posting-reclamation-bond-2024-05-07/

Tesla Supplier Piedmont Lithium Gets Key North Carolina Mining Permit

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2024-04-15/piedmont-lithium-gets-mining-permit-for-north-carolina-project

Piedmont Lithium Signs Sales Agreement With Tesla

https://www.piedmontlithium.com/piedmont-lithium-signs-sales-agreement-with-tesla/

PIEDMONT LITHIUM AMENDS AGREEMENT WITH TESLA Spodumene Concentrate from North American Lithium Offtake to Supply Tesla

https://piedmontlithium.com/wp-content/uploads/Piedmont-Tesla-Agreement-for-01032023-Final-US.pdf

The roots of Piedmont Lithium date back to the early 2000s, when geologist Lamont Leatherman explored an area near his childhood home in North Carolina in what is now considered the heart of America’s Battery Belt.

His discovery of lithium-rich pegmatite rocks within the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt led to the founding of Piedmont Lithium and a better understanding of the potential of our proposed Carolina Lithium project.

https://www.piedmontlithium.com/projects/

Albemarle Receives $90 Million Critical Materials Award from the Department of Defense to Boost U.S. Lithium Production

Funding to support restart of company's Kings Mountain, N.C., mine and increase domestic processing of critical materials for the nation's battery supply chain

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a global leader in providing essential elements for mobility, energy, connectivity and health, announced today that the U.S. Department of Defense has approved a $90 million grant to help support the expansion of domestic mining and the production of lithium for the nation's battery supply chain.

https://www.albemarle.com/global/en/news/albemarle-receives-90-million-critical-materials-award-department-defense-boost-us-lithium

original by Truthstream Media

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