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Stauber, House Republicans Target Environmental Groups Opposed to Twin Metals
Republican lawmakers allege environmental groups improperly influenced Biden officials to cancel Twin Metals leases, seeking documents on meetings and communications from three national groups.
- On Monday the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee sent letters to the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice, and The Wilderness Society seeking documents on alleged 'backroom roles' in Twin Metals lease cancellation.
- Republican lawmakers allege off-the-record meetings occurred in 2021 while litigation was active, with Rep. Pete Stauber, Rep. Bruce Westerman and Rep. Paul Gosar saying these meetings preceded lease cancellations.
- On Wednesday Kieran Suckling pushed back, saying the groups did nothing unlawful and framed meetings as routine advocacy, while on Thursday he called the probe an `abuse of power` and noted Twin Metals met officials at least 18 times.
- The Biden administration's moves effectively ended Twin Metals' plans for a copper-nickel mine near Birch Lake upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, while the Trump administration said it will reverse these limits and Twin Metals declined to comment.
- The committee alleges an appearance of impropriety but the letters do not cite specific legal violations, targeting Earthjustice, Center for Biological Diversity and The Wilderness Society with established advocacy roles.
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Stauber, House Republicans target environmental groups opposed to Twin Metals
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources has launched an investigation into three environmental groups and is seeking evidence of “collusion” between the groups and the Biden administration to reintroduce a ban on mining within the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. On Monday, the committee sent letters to the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice and the Wilderness Society requesting doc…
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