From the column: " Minnesotans support mining in general but agree that some places are too special, too unique, and too ...

Trump administration looks to bring back mining near Boundary Waters originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Trump’s top cabinet members say they are working to allow mining again in parts of ...

ELY, Minn. — Mining near the Boundary Waters has been a painful debate for a while. Now in Washington, there is another chapter. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) raised a red flag on a section in ...

Republicans are investigating green groups' role in the Biden administration's scrapping of mine leases near the Minnesota ...

The future of the Boundary Waters continues to be a hot topic of debate among Minnesota legislators, as a new bill that would permanently safeguard the region was introduced this week. On Wednesday, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., has introduced a bill to ban copper-nickel mining on nearly a quarter-million acres of federal land in the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe ...

On March 20, President Trump signed another Executive Order with major implications for America’s public lands and waters. Titled “Immediate Measure to Increase American Mineral Production,” the order ...

While speaking at a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27 in St. Cloud, Minn., then-Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump promised to reverse a mining moratorium on 350 square ...

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ST PAUL, Minn. — Multiple lawmakers from Minnesota have introduced legislation concerning mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year. State Representatives Pete Stauber, R-Minn, ...

WASHINGTON — An effort to jumpstart copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has died in Congress. A provision that would pave the way for mining in the Superior National ...