Potential Mining Pollution Puts St. Louis River on Endangered List
PolyMet proposal earns Lake Superior’s largest tributary an undesirable designation.
PolyMet proposal earns Lake Superior’s largest tributary an undesirable designation.
Sick teenager asks federal officials to prevent mining from polluting canoe country.
Researcher Lee Frelich says wilderness forests are being changed in several ways.
Mining advocates and opponents made their case to a House committee and a packed room.
Cover Story: How will proposed mining, climate change, invasive species, nutrient loading, and algal blooms change the border lakes? The Quetico-Superior region of Minnesota and Canada bring to mind lake country—a landscape characterized by glacier carved lakes filled with clear, cold and clean water. Yet the list of possible impacts on northern Minnesota water quality is long: proposed mining, climate change, invasive species, nutrient loading, and algal blooms to name just a few…
This epic expedition was inspired by what the Freemans see as an existential threat to a national treasure: mining. “The Boundary Waters is our nation’s most popular wilderness area, it receives a quarter million visitors per year. Every year I guide people in the Boundary Waters from Texas and California and all across the country. We need to make sure people all across the country understand how special the Boundary Waters is and understand the threats it faces.
Antofagasta will control 100 percent of the massive copper-nickel mine proposal next to the Boundary Waters.
Comments on the copper-nickel mine’s environmental review and a new statewide poll are helping gauge where people stand.
Study finds that copper-nickel mine next to the Boundary Waters is financially feasible.
Mine proposal near the Boundary Waters loses significant source of funding. Chilean mining company Antofagasta PLC has declined an opportunity to take a bigger financial stake in the Twin Metals project near Ely, MN. The move means the company—which has invested more than $200 million in the joint venture so far—will pass up the chance for a controlling stake in the project, and operations will revert to junior mining company Duluth Metals.
Northern Minnesota politicians strongly oppose potential study under consideration by Forest Service.
The company has shared new information about access, water sources, and waste disposal for its proposed copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency changes plan to announce recommendations for regulating discharges from mines and other facilities.
Results of a Star Tribune poll include supporters outnumbering opponents two-to-one, and a lot of people who haven’t made up their minds.
Research on how sulfates affect the official state grain of Minnesota will be used to determine if a key water quality standard should be changed.
The statewide conversation continues with high-stakes advocacy and calls for caution.
Media around the state published information about the sulfide mining milestone.
Survey conducted by Mining Truth coalition shows as residents learn details about mine proposals, opposition increases.
Starting late this fall, the public will have a chance to review and comment on the amended environmental review for the first proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota. The Minnesota Department …
A revised draft of the environmental review for the first-ever copper mining project proposed in Minnesota has been completed. PolyMet Mining Corp.’s new document has been distributed to the Minnesota Department of …