Climate Week: The BWCA in a Warming World
Coinciding with the Glasgow Summit, Friends is looking at how climate change will affect the Boundary Waters and the broader…
A Major Move Towards Protecting the Boundary Waters
Owned by an international mining conglomerate, Antofagasta, Twin Metals plan would permanently pollute a water-rich environment like the Boundary Waters…
5 things to know about Prove It First
Prove It First is a commonsense bill that would simply require mining companies to prove that there has been at…
It’s time to throw out PolyMet’s illegal wastewater permit
Should PolyMet get a special pass to discharge poison into Minnesota’s water? Should they be allowed to spew 770 times…
Myth Busting: Four Myths about PolyMet, Twin Metals and the Green Economy
Contrary to misleading statements, we are not running out of copper and do not need sulfide mining near the Boundary…
MN Supreme Court rules against PolyMet
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court struck down PolyMet’s permit to mine. PolyMet has no permit to mine. PolyMet…
Study: Copper Mining and Climate Change
How would copper-sulfide mining affect the climate crisis? Twin Metals and PolyMet would be a disaster for the local…
Twin Metals and the Trump Administration Team up to Take Down Environmental Protections
Why has the Trump administration placed the financial interests of Antofagasta Plc — a Chilean mining conglomerate owned by…
Inside Twin Metals’ Plan to Pollute
The mine Twin Metals wants to build is set up to fail. The mine plan is riddled with oversights,…