Compounding the issue of sulfide mining and acid mine drainage for northern Minnesota, is that the vast majority of ecological impacts associated with such mining have thus far occurred on arid or ...

Minnesota Lawyer has selected WaterLegacy Counsel Paula Maccabee and others on the team of lawyers who reversed the water pollution permit issued for the PolyMet copper-nickel mine among its 2023 "Attorneys of the Year" in the category of pro bono legal services. The award recognizes Maccabee's work on behalf of environmental non-profit …

These partners have filed for environmental review of a proposed nickel mine in the Tamarack, Minnesota area, purportedly for use in the manufacture of …

There is nothing magical about locating a sulfide mine in Minnesota that would prevent toxic pollution; if anything, it's far riskier here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Nor would mining here ...

Drill cores from the Tamarack Project. (Talon Corp.) Retired scientists who worked on the Minnesota Duluth Complex area Copper-Nickel Study in the 1970s have now called for a similar Tamarack Region Sulfide Ore Study of environmental baseline data and likely impacts from sulfide ore mining by Talon Metals and Rio Tinto in central …

The proposal by Twin Metals Minnesota to build an underground copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Wilderness has hit another–and potentially final–roadblock, thanks …

They should care because it really goes to the issue of whether copper-nickel sulfide mining is a good idea for Minnesota. It does what the legislation title says and asks that industry prove ...

The proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota suffered a fresh setback Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, when an administrative law judge recommended that state regulators should not reissue a crucial permit for the long-delayed project. ... "Copper-sulfide mining is the most polluting industry in the country and …

One of the main arguments in favor of copper-sulfide mining in northern Minnesota is that those metals will have a major role to play in the ongoing transition toward cleaner, greener energy sources. "The world is demanding greener energy, which in turn demands the metals we mine," as Twin Metals Minnesota explains on its website.. …

In August of 2019, Walker Orenstein of MinnPost conducted a thorough interview on sulfide mining in northern Minnesota with our relatively new governor, Gov. Tim Walz. The governor, to his credit ...

Despite the company's assurances to the contrary, the Minnesota Supreme Court has affirmed what we've known from the start: PolyMet's proposed sulfide mine would pollute clean water. In its recent August 2, 2023 decision, the Court found that the water pollution permit issued to PolyMet by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA ...

Dangerous sulfide mining poses an unacceptable risk to the waters, wildlife and people of northern Minnesota and should not be allowed in our water rich environment. Contact …

As 2021 was ushered in, so were new legislative and legal efforts affecting sulfide-ore mining. Amid state and federal legislation and lawsuits, healthcare providers …

Minnesota's three primary watersheds – the Lake Superior, Rainy River (Boundary Waters) and Mississippi River Basins all face threats from sulfide mining. The PolyMet (Glencore) NorthMet copper-nickel mine. in the Lake Superior watershed is Minnesota's first proposed sulfide mine. Other sulfide mines are planned for the near …

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But geologists with Kennecott, an arm of global mining giant Rio Tinto, began poking around in the early 2000s, after the state of Minnesota paid for some preliminary surveys in the 1970s. After ...

sulfide mining proposals. In addition, Minnesota physicians need to understand the potential adverse mental and physical health effects of sulfide mining on mine workers and residents of communities near mining operations. T he Duluth Complex is a geological formation that contains deposits of copper, nickel and palladium group metals.

She noted that historically, Minnesota laws were written to govern iron and taconite mining, not copper-sulfide mining. Mining companies and their allies at the statehouse have argued that minerals like copper are essential for the transition to the cleaner energy sources needed to cut carbon emissions. The new bill is "disconnected …

Mission Minnesotans love Lake Superior, the Boundary Waters, North Shore, and all of Northern Minnesota—and we are deeply concerned about proposals to develop copper/nickel (also called sulfide ore) mining in the region including PolyMet and Twin Metals. Such mining poses a great threat to our Northern communities and …

It's an argument that has become popular among supporters of the Twin Metals and PolyMet projects. Yet the clean energy case for copper-nickel mining hasn't exactly won over skeptics in Minnesota.

Sulfide Mining Doesn't Belong in Minnesota's Cherished Waters. Proposed sulfide mines in Northeast Minnesota, including the PolyMet NorthMet project and the Twin Metals Minnesota project, threaten our lakes and rivers with significant ongoing water pollution. ... Sulfide mining in a water-rich environment like northern Minnesota is a high ...

In fact, employment decreased by 83% at iron mines in Minnesota's iron range from 1979 to 2005. When the price of metals declines, mines must lay-off workers or shut down — making mining an extremely precarious and volatile industry. ... Metallic sulfide mining harms Native Americans and encroaches on their territories — violating ...

Sulfide mining (specifically copper-nickel sulfide mining) represents a significant departure from Minnesota's iron mining tradition. Sulfide mining can produce acid waste and …

There are two things you can do right now to help protect some of Minnesota's waters from copper sulfide mining. 1- Update Minnesota's Laws to Protect our Waters from the Dangers of Sulfide Mining. A change to these laws could ban sulfide mining in the Rainy River Headwaters. A 30-day public comment period is open until …

"Copper-sulfide mining is the most polluting industry in the country and simply cannot be safely done in a water-rich environment like northeastern Minnesota," said Chris Knopf, executive ...

to a sulfide mine project (Polymet's NorthMet project) that has not yet completed its environmental review or acquired a permit to mine. Minnesota has never permitted a sulfide mine to operate, but is currently reviewing the application of Polymet's NorthMet project, which has incurred a great deal of public criticism.

From cancelled mineral leases to grooving on from PolyMet on the Capitol lawn, the last week of January 2022 was a blitz of mining news. Day by day, here's a synopsis of how …

The latest on the politics and policy shaping Minnesota. ... Second, engineering can reduce but not eliminate risk, especially with sulfide minerals mining. Pipe, valves, pumps, liners and other ...

Proposed sulfide-ore copper mining threatens these waters and forests. A copper mine in the Boundary Waters watershed will pollute the Wilderness for generations to come, causing irreversible harm to water quality, wildlife, public health, and a sustainable outdoor recreation-based economy.

Already impaired by taconite mine pollution, Birch Lake could face new threats from a proposed copper-nickel mine, environmentalists say. By Chloe Johnson November 14, 2023 at 11:14PM