Trump administration moves to lift Biden-era mining restrictions near Boundary Waters in Minnesota
- The Trump administration is lifting restrictions on copper-nickel mining near Boundary Waters in Minnesota, a decision announced by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
- Rollins stated, 'After careful review, including extensive public input, the US Forest Service has enough information to know the withdrawal was never needed.'
- Democratic administrations have opposed the Twin Metals Minnesota mine over concerns about acid mine drainage affecting the Boundary Waters, a major wilderness area.
- Republican U.S. Representative Pete Stauber criticized the Biden administration’s decision as a 'massive wrong' that increased U.S. reliance on Communist China for critical minerals.
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President Donald Trump’s government is taking steps to lift restrictions on copper and nickel mining imposed by the Biden government near the Bounday Waters Canoe Area wild area in northeastern Minnesota. The decision, announced Wednesday by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, was a lifeguard for Twin Metals Minnesota’s proposed mine near Ely. Democratic administrations have tried to end the project because …

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.
Trump Administration Moves to Kill Boundary Waters Protections, Make Way for Proposed Mine
Advocates for the protection of America’s most popular wilderness area are experiencing whiplash this week, as the Trump Administration and its supporters in Congress continue to chip away at the current protections surrounding the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. On Wednesday afternoon, less than 24 hours after the Senate axed a provision that would allow mining “in perpetuity” on national forest lands near the BWCA, the current administr…
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