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Trump Administration Moves to Lift Biden-Era Mining Restrictions Near Boundary Waters in Minnesota
- U.S. House Republicans removed a provision on Tuesday night that would have ended a 20-year mining moratorium on 225,000 acres in Minnesota's Superior National Forest.
- This action followed technical corrections to the budget bill and objections that the provision violated Senate rules under the Byrd Rule, benefiting a single foreign mining company.
- The provision would have reinstated mineral leases for Twin Metals, a Chilean-owned company seeking to mine copper, nickel, and cobalt near the Boundary Waters watershed.
- Senator Tina Smith described the removal of the provision as a win for preserving the Boundary Waters, while supporters of mining emphasized the sector’s significant role in Minnesota’s economy.
- Removing the provision delayed establishing domestic mineral supply chains but preserved environmental protections for the Boundary Waters' fragile ecosystem amid ongoing debates.
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Trump administration moves to lift Biden - era mining restrictions near Boundary Waters in Minnesota
Trump administration moves to lift Biden-era mining restrictions near Boundary Waters in Minnesota
President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to lift restrictions on copper-nickel mining that the Biden administration imposed near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.
House Republicans drop copper-nickel mining from sprawling budget bill
U.S. House Republicans have removed a provision in the federal budget bill that would have reversed a pause on mining on federal land within the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and reinstated leases to a copper-nickel mining company wishing to mine in that area. An amendment by the House Rules Committee on Tuesday strikes portions of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” that would run afoul of Senate rules t…
Boundary Waters mining provisions dropped from ‘big, beautiful’ bill
WASHINGTON — Environmentalists who were hoping a parliamentarian rule would upend efforts to open the Superior National Forest to sulfide mining were rewarded when the U.S. House had to abandon those efforts. The “big beautiful” budget bill approved by the U.S. House last month would have removed a Biden administration moratorium on 225,000 acres of the Superior National Forest, a watershed for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. That mor…
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