The U.S. needs minerals for green tech. Will Western mines have enough water?

The U.S. needs minerals for green tech. Will Western mines have enough water?

SUPERIOR, Ariz. — On a 107 degree morning in the mountains east of Phoenix, a miner in a hard hat plunges down the nearly 7,000-foot shaft of what may soon be the biggest underground copper mine in the United States. But for now, the Resolution Copper mine isn't taking out copper. It's taking out …

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