Key cabinet nominees have opposed mining near Boundary Waters, but Joe Biden has been silent
What the Biden administration could mean for the future of Twin Metals and copper-nickel mining in the Rainy River Watershed. 2:00 pm, Jan. 31, 2021 ×
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks to the delegates on the second night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Harry E. Walker / TNS)
DULUTH When President Joe Biden was vice president, the Obama administration in 2016 did not renew key mineral leases for Twin Metals, the proposed underground copper-nickel mine in the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and initiated a 20-year moratorium on mining in the watershed.
Key cabinet nominees have opposed mining near Boundary Waters, but Biden’s been silent
What the Biden administration could mean for the future of Twin Metals and copper-nickel mining in the Rainy River Watershed. 9:35 am, Jan. 29, 2021 ×
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks to the delegates on the second night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Harry E. Walker / TNS)
When President Joe Biden was vice president, the Obama administration in 2016 did not renew key mineral leases for Twin Metals, the proposed underground copper-nickel mine in the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and initiated a 20-year moratorium on mining in the watershed.
REGIONAL Congressman Pete Stauber is accusing the former Obama administration, including then-Vice President Joe Biden, of playing politics with their 2016 effort to head …
Congress will soon have dueling mining measures from Minnesota one aimed at keeping copper mining out of Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and another aimed at ensuring it gets in. The "Saving America's Mines Act" introduced Monday by U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber would require an act of Congress to halt mining on federal lands where it's currently allowed, and .
Congressman Pete Stauber has introduced the Saving America’s Mines Act, which he says will prevent the any administration from unilaterally halting mining operations nationwide, including in Northeast Minnesota.