Democrats have embraced calls for more mining to help the country achieve the Biden administration’s clean energy agenda, but they want to overhaul the 150-year old law to strengthen environmental standards and impose royalites for the first time. POLITICO’s Jordan Wolman explains why Democrats are specifically pushing for mining reform and the pushback they may face.   Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.  Jordan Wolman is a sustainability reporter for POLITICO. Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.  Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices