Democratic legislators have introduced a bill to bar copper-nickel mines from developing within the same watershed as the ...

Minnesota lawmakers introduce a bill to extend the state ban on mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It ...

In his statement, Stauber says his bill would reinstate mineral leases in the area, describing that Biden's decision to protect it "a direct attack on our way of life in northern Minnesota" that ...

The best way for the U.S. to meet the soaring demand for raw materials critical to the production of everything from electric ...

Never mind that past polls have found that most Minnesotans, including those in northern Minnesota, don’t want mining near ...

Friends of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness face 'an uphill battle' preventing new mining operations nearby ...

The legislation threatens meaningful public input processes that have been critical in the fight to protect the Boundary ...

The bill would also return two key federal mineral leases to Twin Metals Minnesota, the company vying to build an underground mine for copper and nickel near Ely In this file photo from 2010, a worker ...

"What President Trump is doing with his mantra of 'drill baby drill' is saying that 'we don't care about the land, air,' and for Minnesota, the water that would be polluted by these mines," Knopf ...

Republican control in Washington could open the way for copper nickel mining efforts near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. GOP Rep. Pete Stauber, who represents northeastern Minnesota, has ...