MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department said Wednesday it has reinstated the mineral rights leases for a company that wants to build a copper-nickel mine...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An environmental group is asking regulators to take a closer look at the draft water quality permit for the proposed PolyMet...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Environmental groups have delivered around 10,000 citizen comments and petitions to the Department of Natural Resources expressing concerns about the proposed...
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Monday lifting Wisconsin’s moratorium on gold and silver mining, reversing his vote from nearly 20 years ago...
SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump on Monday took the rare step of scaling back two sprawling national monuments in Utah, declaring that “public lands...
MINNEAPOLIS — Legislation from two Minnesota congressmen which allows for expanded mining in northeastern Minnesota has caused broader environmental debate in the U.S. House and divided...
All Republican bills set to be voted on
Bill limits mining companies’ financial responsibility for environmental damage, exempts sampling operations from needing environmental impact statements
Expert says “Sulfide mining is actually the most toxic industry in America.”
Moratorium requires mining companies to prove not polluting groundwater
Wisconsin eyeing industrial acid mining.
Departments issued two-year “time out” to study are just outside Boundary Waters.
All Energy Corp. says county denied mine for “hidden reasons.”