Interior Department Cancels Mining Leases Near Minnesota Boundary Waters

HeadlineJan 27, 2022

The Biden administration has canceled leases for a proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota. Environmentalists are cheering the decision, which they say will protect pristine wilderness in the Boundary Waters region near the Canadian border.

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