MinnPost

Big win for mining as Senate votes to remove moratorium on Boundary Waters watershed

Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith held the Senate floor for hours arguing against the removal of the ban, but GOP senators were ...
The Missoula Current News

Reversal of mining ban in Boundary Waters could impact Montana

Several mines are now being explored in Montana, including one in the headwaters of the Blackfoot River and another on ...

Proposed mining near the BWCA: Your questions answered

The U.S. Senate voted 50–49 Thursday to reverse a 20-year federal moratorium on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...
WAMC

Understanding the Impact of Deep Sea Mining

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

'It is a sacred place': Sen. Smith leads effort to protect BWCAW as Senate votes to overturn ban on copper-nickel mining

The government previously protected more than 225,000 acres of land in Minnesota's Superior National Forest from the ...
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In 1979, a Deep-Sea Mining Experiment in the Pacific Altered the Seafloor—44 Years Later, Its Environmental Impact is Still Revealing Itself

In 1979, a deep-sea mining experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) left a lasting mark on the seabed. Decades later, a groundbreaking study published in the journal Nature, co-led by the ...
AOL

Deep sea mining impacts still felt forty years on, study shows

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said late on Wednesday, adding weight to calls for a ...