Environmentalists are growing nervous that President Biden may invoke a Cold War-era program to fund more mining at home.

On Capitol Hill, pressure has grown in recent weeks for Biden to invoke a 1950 law — the Defense Production Act — in order to address rising energy prices and inflation. Progressives asked for Biden to use the DPA to mandate more renewable energy projects, while Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has asked whether the law could be used to spur more oil and gas production.

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