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Senate votes to end ban on mining in Boundary Waters

Senate overturns Boundary Waters protections, a boon for Chilean mining company

The Senate on Thursday overturned a mining moratorium in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, a boon for a Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta.

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Senate votes to end ban on mining in Boundary Waters after Sen. Tina Smith's hourslong speech

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Senate Republicans send Trump resolution to lift mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe Area

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GOP Sends Trump Resolution Lifting Mining Ban In Minnesota Wilderness

Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, hoping to clear the way for a So...

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US Senate narrowly overturns Minnesota mining ban, sending bill to Trump

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Minnesota lawmakers respond to overturning of mining ban near BWCA

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Republicans deploy little-known law to open Minnesota wilderness to mining

Critics say it’s dangerous because it enables public rules and regulations based on years of research to be quickly overturned with little debate.

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Readers Write: The Boundary Waters mining ban, Minnesota State schools

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Senate votes to allow mining near Minnesota wilderness

Congress overturns ban on mining near the Boundary Waters

Thursday to allow sulfide mining in areas near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The vote ends President Joe Biden’s 20-year moratorium on mining leases across

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Can it be stopped? Mine opponents see options to halt development near the Boundary Waters.

MINNEAPOLIS — Environmental advocates and opponents of a proposed mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness vowed to continue fighting after the U.S. Senate voted on Thursday, April 16, to repeal a mining ban near the protected wilderness.

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A Boundary Waters river ranks as third most endangered in US

An annual list of endangered waterways says proposed mining would cause “probable if not inevitable" pollution to the South Kawishiwi River.