Just want to make the point that New York DID NOT ban mining.

1) If you had a mining facility up and running nothing changed*
2) If you wanted to setup a new mine using 100% renewable nothing changed

The * being that renewals of permits in the 2 years period that the bill is in effect for might be an issue...except for these 2 facts
1) There were 2 (3?) mines that were using old power plants that were specifically mentioned and exempt from the regualtion
and
2) There are / were no permit renewals coming though in the 2 years from the signing of the bill.

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Unrelated but important a lot of places don't want large scale mining facilities due to the fact that they suck down a lot of power and don't supply many jobs.

Trust me if you had a ratio of 1 job per 100 miners you would have states clamoring to get them. But one of the ones upstate had something like 7500 miners and 15 full time workers and a couple of part time people. The local Taco Bell had more staff.....

-Dave