Fighting the Forces of Greed and Destruction
In April, Senate Republicans withdrew a moratorium on mining in the Boundary Waters. Minnesotans are fighting back.
Environmental Forum
The Progressive Magazine
Read this important article by Ruth Conniff about what Minnesotans are doing to protect the beloved Boundary Waters:
...it was a gut punch to see the U.S. Senate decide by one vote to overturn federal protections against toxic mining in the Superior National Forest, right on the edge of the Boundary Waters, this spring...The proposed copper-nickel sulfide mine would, environmentalists say, inevitably leak sulfuric acid into the interconnected waterways of the region, with devastating effects.
Susan Leuthauser (she/her)
The Progressive Magazine
Read this important article by Ruth Conniff about what Minnesotans are doing to protect the beloved Boundary Waters:
...it was a gut punch to see the U.S. Senate decide by one vote to overturn federal protections against toxic mining in the Superior National Forest, right on the edge of the Boundary Waters, this spring...The proposed copper-nickel sulfide mine would, environmentalists say, inevitably leak sulfuric acid into the interconnected waterways of the region, with devastating effects.
Susan Leuthauser (she/her)
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