The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to lift a Biden-era ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Representative Pete Stauber, a Duluth Republican, introduced the resolution in the House. Senator Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, Democrats from Minnesota, opposed the measure.
The National Park Service greenlit a mining operation in the Mojave National Preserve. The open pit is located in the Clark Mountains, which provide habitat for bighorn sheep and rare plants. Australia’s Dateline Resources Ltd. acquired the mine in 2021. It would focus on gold mining and explore for rare earth elements for use in electric vehicles, wind turbines and defense systems. After President Trump took office, the Park Service gave the mine the go-ahead.
In Hungary, incoming PM Péter Magyar wants no part of playing business as usual with PM Victor Orbán's cronies. Republicans are trying to grab all the turf they can before the midterm elections. The Senate passed a bill overturning a 20-year mining ban upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota. Trump's secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy, is targeting New York today.
The Senate voted 50-49 to end a 20-year-long ban on sulfide mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness watershed. Rep. Pete Stauber, R-8th District, sponsored the resolution that won approval in the U.S. House in January. Twin Metals has tried to establish a mine in that area since 2019.
Minnesota's Boundary Waters are a vast stretch of wilderness bordering Canada. Senate Republicans voted 50-49 to open the area up to mining. They passed a resolution that repeals a 20-year moratorium using the Congressional Review Act. The act was designed in the 1990s by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich to cut back on government bureaucracy by eliminating regulations. Critics say it's dangerous because it enables public rules and regulations to be quickly overturned with little debate.
The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to end a 20-year-long ban on sulfide mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness watershed. Rep. Pete Stauber, R-8th District, sponsored the resolution that won approval in the House. Twin Metals has tried to establish a mine in that area since 2019.
The U.S. Senate voted to lift the ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Richard Hurst says the process will be long and exposed to challenge at every stage. Hurst lives in Minneapolis and works seasonally as a park ranger in New Mexico.
The U.S. Senate voted to allow copper-nickel mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Theodore Roosevelt argued that the nation had an obligation to preserve its resources. The argument is rooted in a legitimate concern about the environmental risks of sulfide ore mining.
The Trump administration is trying to repeal the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The rule prevents road construction and logging in nearly 60 million acres of undeveloped national forest in 39 states. The policy safeguards about one-third of all national forest land in the eastern half of the country.
The US Senate voted 50-49 to overturn a ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The House had already approved the measure. It will now go to Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. The vote marks a victory for Twin Metals Minnesota, a subsidiary of the Chilean mining giant Antofagasta PLC, which is seeking to build a copper and nickel mine a few miles from the wilderness. For years, environmental and conservation groups have opposed mining in the area.