The “clean energy” mine that could put one of America’s most pristine wilderness areas at risk

The “clean energy” mine that could put one of America’s most pristine wilderness areas at risk

A view of the Moose Lake entry point to the Boundary Waters, a federally protected area in northeastern Minnesota. | Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images There’s no such a thing as a truly pristine landscape — humans have, over millennia, shaped every environment on Earth — but the Boundary Waters wilderness of northeastern Minnesota comes pretty darn close.  Stretching across more than a million acres near the Canadian b…