The US Senate voted to end a 20-year mining ban near Boundary Waters, sparking environmental concerns and legal threats.

The vote to allow mining near the protected wilderness area came over the objection of Democrats and two Republicans.

The push to end the ban comes as a Chilean mining company is looking to open a copper mine in the Superior National Forest on ...

The Senate repealed the Biden-era moratorium that safeguarded America’s most-visited wilderness, with the measure now going ...

After Senator Tina Smith staged a protest Wednesday night to block a vote on a bill that would allow mining in the Boundary ...

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

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A long-simmering fight over mining in northeastern Minnesota hit a turning point this week, as the U.S. Senate voted to lift a 20-year ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. For ...

The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to end a mining ban near the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota.

Thursday, the Senate voted 50-49 in favor of lifting a 20-year mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

The U.S. Senate voted to end the ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota.

The Senate voted to pass a measure that would lift a Biden administration mining ban in northern Minnesota, opening the door to drilling for critical minerals in an area that environmentalists have ...