Trump environmental rollback spurs mining near Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp

FILE-In this Saturday, July 23, 2011 file photo, an alligator creates a swirl in the algae film on Suwannee Canal just after sunrise, as the Suwannee Canal Recreation Area in Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Ga. A mining company said Tuesday it plans to dig for minerals without a federal permit at the edge of the vast wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp, a big step for a once-embattled project that's now benefitting from the Trump administration's rollback of environmental rules.(Terry Dickson/Florida Times-Union via AP, File)