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Biden’s Battery Metals Boost Could Ease U.S. Dependence On China
The amount of money freed up is tiny, but advocates for energy self-reliance and mining are hopeful this is just the start.
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President Joe Biden fired up mining companies, battery makers and environmentalists last week when he invoked Cold War powers to encourage domestic production of critical battery minerals for electric vehicles.