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

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

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: ...

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

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 ...

Environmental groups are asking federal land managers to reverse a decision approving an exploratory drilling project near a ...

James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.

It’s one of the longest drives a city dweller can make and still be in Minnesota. First, four hours up the interstate and ...

Early on, Canada-based The Metals Company cast the rocks it seeks to mine from the deep seafloor as a crucial resource for ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped tariffs of up to 50 percent on certain copper imports and signaled that more duties may be on the way. The president signed a proclamation that imposes ...