Dayton Opposes Copper Mining in Boundary Waters Watershed
Governor of Minnesota tells Twin Metals he will block mining activity on state lands near the wilderness.
Governor of Minnesota tells Twin Metals he will block mining activity on state lands near the wilderness.
Public comments will be accepted until Dec. 14 on the controversial copper mine.
Award-winning science fair project explores a Wisconsin mine’s disputed legacy as PolyMet permitting approaches.
Discovery of incorrect data conflicts with assumption that contaminated discharge would flow toward Lake Superior.
Starting in September, pair plan to camp, travel, and educate from the wilderness for 12 months in an effort to help protect it.
Detailed analysis of the proposed copper-nickel mine will now be reviewed by tribes and other authorities.
Congresswoman announces bill to revoke federal mineral leases in Rainy River basin.
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…
Group hopes to deliver at least 50,000 signatures urging protection of the Boundary Waters and businesses that depend on it.
Antofagasta will control 100 percent of the massive copper-nickel mine proposal next to the Boundary Waters.
Evaluating Minnesota’s water sulfate standard for wild rice. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is reviewing its standards for protecting wild rice in Minnesota. With funding from the Minnesota State Legislature, the agency conducted a two-year study to determine how sulfate—the presence of which in water has been linked to an absence of wild rice—and other chemicals affect the health of wild rice.
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.