While the political playing field has become more favorable for mining, the Republican’s proposals still face hurdles.
Unfortunately the Boundary Waters watershed is currently facing its great threat: proposed sulfide-ore copper mining just south of the wilderness area. Thousands of acres within the Boundary ...
One of President Trump's Executive Orders is called Unleashing American Energy, and has sections about mining and minerals.
President-elect Donald Trump’s promised policies could have a major impact on Twin Metals’ mining project and Minnesota’s clean energy goals. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is at ...
leaving the Boundary Waters vulnerable to logging, mining and other incompatible uses, such as motorboats and snowmobiles. In 1978, the Carter-Mondale administration supported citizens who were ...
which added 50,000 acres to the Boundary Waters and provided additional environmental protections that included logging and mining bans. Chris Knopf, executive director of Friends of the ...