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  • Biden Administration Cements Mining Ban Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters

    Biden Administration Cements Mining Ban Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters

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    The Biden administration imposed a 20-year ban on new mineral development across 225,000 acres of national forest land adjacent to Minnesota’s iconic Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The order, which Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed Thursday morning, delivers a potentially fatal blow to Chilean mining giant Antofagasta’s plans for a $1.7 billion underground copper-nickel mine…

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