A Rundown of the PolyMet Scandal (Timeline)
Did Minnesota Pollution Control Agency suppress scientific concerns that PolyMet mine might violate the Clean Water Act? Catch…
The Boundary Waters Blog
A Call For Transparency and Open Government
The MPCA tried to steamroll science and do a big favor for a polluting industry. When the regulators…
Something’s Rotten in the State of Minnesota
It’s not unreasonable to expect agencies like the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to work in the interest of…
Bad Neighbors: Who Are the Companies Seeking to Open Copper-Sulfide Mines in Minnesota?
PolyMet and Twin Metals, the two companies seeking to open copper-sulfide mines in Minnesota are shell companies controlled…
What’s Next for PolyMet, Minnesota’s First Permitted
Sulfide Mine
If sulfide mining, the most polluting industry in the country, comes to Minnesota, the state doesn’t have the…
Legal Action to Stop the Trump Administration’s Attack on the BWCA
In defending the Boundary Waters from the Trump Administration, lawyers for Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness filed motion,…
Infographic: The Boundary Waters and Sulfide Mining
As our lawsuit to protect the BWCA from the Trump administration works its way through the courts, we created…
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Issue Final Permit For PolyMet
The announcement that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the wetlands permit for PolyMet marked an end to…
Representative Lowenthal defends public lands, champions the Boundary Waters
Watch Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-California), chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, ask questions…