After the Senate and House voted to overturn the ban on copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters, the fight over the issue will move to the state level. A coalition of environmental, sporting and tribal leaders wants to stop Twin Metals from moving ahead with a mine in Superior National Forest. They want the state to exercise an opt-out provision in a state lease to stop the project.
The city of Poway is being sued for allowing a housing development project to proceed on a site where ancestral human remains and other tribal cultural items were reportedly discovered. The California Attorney General’s Office and the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians allege that Poway has violated the California Environmental Quality Act by not conducting a new environmental review.
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