I'm proposing an amendment that's taken from an older bill I sponsored last time I was a senator here, which is presumably dead post-reset. It is a federal ban on an extreme form of mining known as mountaintop removal or surface mining. It's very harmful to biodiversity and pollutes the air of the people who live nearby these mining sites. It is an automated process, meaning that little to no jobs will be impacted by this regulation, but it will slow down the rate of deforestation and allow vegetation and wildlife, as well as hunters and fishers, to sprout back in these areas.
