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 ...

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

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

Legal experts say the use of the Congressional Review Act to open mining near the Boundary Waters could drastically reshape U ...

Congressman Pete Stauber is calling Senate passage of his resolution to allow mining near the Boundary Waters a “major ...

Minnesotans unhappy with a final congressional vote on mining interests near the Boundary Waters insist their fight is not ...

This week, the U.S. Senate voted 50–49 to overturn a 20-year mining ban on 225,000 acres of the Superior National Forest – upstream from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. That ...

The Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would repeal Biden-era mining limits near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

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