🦬🚨 Public lands emergency alert! Dirty Doug Burgum is trying to pull a literal fast one on us by limiting the comment period for lithium exploration/mining in Malheur County, OR to just *FIVE DAYS*!!! The public only has until March 31st to comment on the BLM's EA, which was published on 3/26... 1/ - ThreadSky

altdoi.altgov.info • 4 days ago

🦬🚨 Public lands emergency alert! Dirty Doug Burgum is trying to pull a literal fast one on us by limiting the comment period for lithium exploration/mining in Malheur County, OR to just *FIVE DAYS*!!! The public only has until March 31st to comment on the BLM's EA, which was published on 3/26...

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llewellyngray.bsky.social•4 days ago

March 31 is not enough time to submit a public comment. I want more time. ☹️

blueskypja.bsky.social•2 days ago

As this article demonstrates- even after extreme environmental damage is proven and the vast majority of the public cries foul- corporations and governments just continue to pillage and destroy. How to stop it remains a mystery but we must somehow reverse course https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/02/01/south-america-s-lithium-fields-reveal-the-dark-side-of-our-electric-future

altdoi.altgov.info•4 days ago

🦬 Concerned about the rushed nature of this proposal? Please consider submitting *substantive* (not *form*) comments through the "Participate Now" feature on ePlanning.

ePlanning Link: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2025844/510

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altdoi.altgov.info•4 days ago

🦬 The DOI and BLM are not required to provide a standard amount of time for public comment, but five days for a minerals project is extremely short. Does that sound like enough time to review the EA and associated NEPA documents...?

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altdoi.altgov.info•4 days ago

🦬 "What is a substantive comment?" you might ask — and I'm glad you did! This document provides any overview of substantive (we will reply) vs. unhelpful (we will ignore) comments.

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altdoi.altgov.info•4 days ago

🦬 I am supportive of renewable energy, in which lithium plays an outsized role. However, five days to comment on a mine which could cause irreparable harm to the environment is unconscionable.

This is why my account exists, and why I will continue to bring these issues to light. 5/5

#DOIResists

ltrip.altgov.info•3 days ago

Done ✔️

kauikamaka.bsky.social•3 days ago

Done!!!

sharronmk.bsky.social•4 days ago

Heres the gov page with the link to the comment form: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/28/2025-03299/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-an-environmental-impact-statement-for-the-silver-peak-lithium-mine#addresses

jmbredestege.com•4 days ago

I want to help but I have no idea how to make a "substantive comment". All I can really say is "this is a bad idea please don't do this"

emilydolhansky.bsky.social•4 days ago

Start here!

https://bsky.app/profile/allieeerose.bsky.social/post/3llhmdghfft2w

jmbredestege.com•4 days ago

aaaand done!

jmbredestege.com•4 days ago

oh, thank you so much!!!

starbender.bsky.social•1 day ago

They need to STOP this now. This is an outrage!

dreams-unwind.bsky.social•4 days ago

Probably not legal and will be over ruled for one reason or another. Just like most of this performative, sociopathic drama.

marcuspenn.bsky.social•4 days ago

I used my AI subscription to make a reply to stop this #GOPbullshit.

Feel free to use it for yourself. https://chatgpt.com/share/67e791e7-917c-8012-8eba-9a2aac1928b9

periwinkleclouds.bsky.social•4 days ago

How can we submit comments against this proposal? Is there perhaps a pre-made draft/letter available that would help someone submit a "useful" argument in this short ass time period?

It says to supply supportive documents as well, so this is really just more unfair abuse of authority isn't it?

emilydolhansky.bsky.social•4 days ago

This may help:

https://bsky.app/profile/allieeerose.bsky.social/post/3llhmdghfft2w

wordserf.bsky.social•4 days ago

Repugnicans rapng our land for the profit of a few is part and parcel of the 2025 project

lynnaean.bsky.social•3 days ago

So what’s the plan for the mine tailings? They just gonna leave huge piles and hope the wind blows their mess away?

wplayas.bsky.social•4 days ago

I swear that they are power mad. A 5 day comment period is GUARANTEED to end up in court.

hlwho67.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wait. They only wrote an EA? Sounds like it should have been an EIS, based in your level of concern. Did BLM coordinate with DOI?

confws.bsky.social•4 days ago

To clarify, it’s for exploration, not a mine (yet). The mine would most certainly require an EIS, or at least we hope.

hlwho67.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ok. That calms me a bit. Whew!

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