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 ...

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

The Senate repealed the Biden-era moratorium that safeguarded America’s most-visited wilderness, with the measure now going ...

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Thursday to allow sulfide mining in areas near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The vote ends President Joe Biden’s ...

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

A long-simmering fight over mining in northeastern Minnesota hit a turning point this week, as the U.S. Senate voted to lift ...

The U.S. Senate voted to end the ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 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 has voted to lift the 20-year federal ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), sending it to ...