A controversial mining exploration project is moving forward near the San Pedro River, despite growing concern from nearby ...

Copper mining in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters is a terrible idea. Why would we ever mine in a place that is almost as much ...

Paddling at sunset in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. (Photo by Hansi Johnson) ...

From the column: "(A) sulfide-mining proposal threatens the very lifeblood of the Boundary Waters and northern Minnesota: ...

Plus funding cuts for immigrant farmers, MPR primed to survive, and a new mirrored Airbnb in today's Flyover news roundup.

Twin Metals Minnesota has regained access to mineral leases that allow it to explore for minerals in Superior National Forest, according to Department of Interior Deputy Secretary Kate MacGregor.

A proposed copper mine, backed by Chilean mining conglomerate, is slated for public lands immediately upstream of Boundary ...

Provisions in proposed federal legislation would limit enforcement of a mining ban in the same watershed as the Boundary ...

A bitter and ongoing neighbour dispute over the size of trees blocking million-dollar views which heard disputed claims of ...

The Interior Department reinstated a legal opinion Thursday that lets a copper and nickel mining project to proceed despite pushback.

The provisions in the U.S. House's version of an environmental appropriations bill come as the Trump administration seeks to ...

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