Fighting to protect clean water and the BWCA at the capitol
There has not been a legislative hearing on sulfide mining in over a decade. We're working to change that and…
Tag: Twin Metals
Speak up (literally) for the Boundary Waters
The Forest Service is hosting virtual listening sessions, where you will have the opportunity to protect the Boundary Waters from…
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…
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…
New Fronts in Stopping the Catastrophic Twin Metals Copper-Sulfide Mine
The fight to protect the Boundary Waters from the threat of copper-sulfide mining has entered a crucial stage. Less…
A New Chapter in the Fight to Protect the BWCA From Twin Metals
We filed our latest lawsuit in federal court to stop Chilean-owned Twin Metals from polluting the Boundary Waters with…
Copper and Greed: Inside Twin Metals’ Disastrous Plan for the Boundary Waters
On December 18, 2019 Twin Metals released its Mine Plan of Operations, which outlines how the Chilean-owned company…
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…
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…