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Earthjustice: Senate Votes to Strip Minnesota's Boundary Waters of Protection From Mining Pollution
April 17, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 17 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on April 16, 2026:

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Senate Votes to Strip Minnesota's Boundary Waters of Protection from Mining Pollution

Earthjustice weighs legal options to stop Chilean-owned Twin Metals mine

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Today, the U.S. Senate voted along partisan lines to revoke a 20-year mineral withdrawal protecting 225,378 acres of public lands in the Boundary Waters Canoe . . .

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