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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 committee sent letters to the Center for Biological Diversity, Earthjustice and The Wilderness Society seeking documents related to Twin Metals lease cancellation and Superior Withdrawal, alleging 'backroom roles.'
- Republican lawmakers allege off-the-record meetings occurred in 2021 while litigation was active, claiming the three groups improperly met Department of the Interior officials before mineral lease cancellations and a 20-year mining ban in the Rainy River Watershed.
- On Wednesday Kieran Suckling pushed back, saying the groups did nothing unlawful and framed meetings as routine advocacy; he also called the probe an `abuse of power` on Thursday and noted Twin Metals met officials `at least 18` times during its suit.
- The Biden administration's moves effectively ended Twin Metals' immediate plans for an underground copper-nickel mine near Birch Lake and 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- The committee alleges an appearance of impropriety but the letters do not cite specific legal violations; the targeted groups Earthjustice, Center for Biological Diversity, and The Wilderness Society have established litigation roles.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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