US EditionTrump Administration Moves to Lift Biden-Era Mining Restrictions Near Boundary Waters in Minnesota
- The House released a technical corrections bill late Tuesday that removed a provision to lift the mining moratorium in Minnesota's Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters.
- This removal followed Senate procedural rules under the Byrd rule, which bars budget bills from including provisions benefiting a single company, leading to the striking of mining language favoring Twin Metals.
- Twin Metals, owned by Chilean conglomerate Antofagasta, sought to mine copper, nickel, and cobalt near the Boundary Waters, but environmental groups warned of toxic pollution risks to the fragile watershed ecosystem.
- Senator Tina Smith described the removal of the provision as a successful step in safeguarding the Boundary Waters, while Mining Minnesota’s executive director, Julie Lucas, expressed concern that the change would slow progress toward developing a reliable domestic supply chain for critical minerals.
- The bill’s amendment protects the watershed for now, but mining advocates and the USDA indicate future efforts to reverse the moratorium could still reopen mineral leases in the region.
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Connecticut Post
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…
Duluth News Tribune
BWCAW mining language stricken from US budget bill
Environmental groups celebrated the decision, which was expected to be voted on by the full chamber Wednesday.
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