The Biden administration effectively banned mining across a swath of land in northern Minnesota, putting a roadblock in front of the Twin Metals mining project for at least two decades.
House Republicans are eviscerating the move’s timing because it happened just after Biden struck a deal forwithdrawing
roughly 225,000 acres near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from mining practices for 20 years. Twin Metals sought to use this area for its proposed copper-nickel mine. The company, which sued the Biden administration for canceling its mineral leases, responded by saying in a"With an eye toward protecting this special place for future generations, I have made this decision using the best-available science and extensive public input,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a newsRep.
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