mining
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As Minnesotans rally, Congress takes aim at BWCA
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership As of this writing, the U.S. Senate has not yet voted on a joint resolution that would strip away significant federal protections against sulfide ore mining for the Boundary…
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NorthMet tries new tricks to gain approval
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The NorthMet copper-nickel mining project (formerly PolyMet) proposed near Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes hasn’t exactly met with success in the past few years. NorthMet’s state pollution permits…