boundary waters mining

Boundary Waters mining bill approved by Senate

Boundary Waters mining bill approved by Senate after Sen. Smith protest

After Senator Tina Smith staged a protest Wednesday night to block a vote on a bill that would allow mining in the Boundary Waters, the U.S. Senate is now scheduled to vote on that bill Thursday morning.

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US Senate vote allows mining near Boundary Waters, ending 20-year ban

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Stauber notches key victory with Senate vote to end ban on mining near Boundary Waters

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Bill allowing mining in Minnesota's Boundary Waters waiting for Trump's signature

Senate Republicans voted to end the ban on mining in the northern Iowa wilderness.

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Minnesota lawmakers respond to overturning of mining ban near BWCA

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

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Republicans deployed a 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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'It is a sacred place': Sen. Smith leads effort to protect BWCAW as Senate votes to overturn ban on copper-nickel mining

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Congress overturns ban on mining near the Boundary Waters

WXPR

U.S. Senate votes to end mining ban near Boundary Waters

Minnesotans unhappy with a final congressional vote on mining interests near the Boundary Waters insist their fight is not over, after the Senate overturned protections for areas along the most visited public wilderness in the U.S.

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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.

MinnPost

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.