Wednesday News Roundup

Mining law reform; housing crisis ticker; aridification watch

Picnic table and mine waste piles at the Ray Mine in the Pinal Mountains of Arizona. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

Energy Transition and Public Lands Department

U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva and Sen. Martin Heinrich, Democrats from Arizona and New Mexico, respectively, each introduced bills in their respective chambers to reform the General Mining Law of 1872, c…