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Critical Minerals Update: USGS Finalizes 2025 Critical Minerals List, Adding Copper, Silver, and Eight Others

What Happened: What The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released the final 2025 List of Critical Minerals, expanding it to 60 commodities by adding 10 new minerals. Published in the Federal Register on November 7, 2025, this update retains all 50 from the 2022 list while incorporating additions. View the full list an...

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California Assembly Bill 1319: State-Level Endangered Species Protections in Response to Federal Regulatory Changes

On October 11, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1319 into law, establishing a new California Endangered Species Act (CESA) mechanism for California to extend state-level endangered species protections to species that may lose federal safeguards under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The statute empowers the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (...

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Bridging Federal and State Efforts: The Evolving Landscape of Critical Minerals Classification

The definition of “critical minerals” has become a pivotal issue in 2025, determining not only which mining projects receive expedited federal permitting and funding, but also which deposits gain protection from incompatible development under California law. As the federal government races to secure domestic supply chains through accelerated approvals, California is charting ...

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DOI Implements Expedited Permitting Procedures for Energy and Critical Mineral Projects
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Trump Administration Advances First Wave of Critical Mineral Projects Under Expedited Permitting
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