Wolves aren't to blame for a disappointing deer hunt, data show • Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota’s 2023 deer hunt is shaping up to be a bit of a disappointment, and some hunters and their allies in media and politics know precisely who to blame: wolves. A hunting group recently erected...

Questions raised - The Timberjay

For the past few years, former Republican Gov. Arne Carlson and many others have been asking questions about the state of Minnesota’s apparent willingness to issue permits for copper-nickel …

Judge dismisses Twin Metals lawsuit against Biden administration

The company had challenged the Biden administration's decision not to renew two key federal mineral leases for its planned copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters.

‘Secrecy is unacceptable.’ Minnesota Supreme Court reverses NewRange mining permit after regulators...

With Wednesday’s ruling, the Supreme Court sent the crucial permit for the NewRange mine, formerly PolyMet, back to the MPCA. The agency will have to give the EPA a chance to weigh in, this time in a...

MPCA was 'arbitrary and capricious' in granting PolyMet permit, Supreme Court rules • Minnesota...

The Minnesota Supreme Court dealt a serious setback to the long-planned PolyMet project to mine copper from a Hoyt Lakes deposit near the old LTV Steel plant, which would be used to process the ore. ...

Court says MPCA did not take 'hard look' at NorthMet permit

The state agency must now allow the EPA to provide written comments on the proposed copper-nickel mine's permit. The MPCA previously insisted the federal agency read the comments over the phone.

MN Supreme Court finds MPCA violated law when it suppressed EPA concerns with PolyMet water permit

Outrage as Alaska Attorney General Asks Supreme Court to Reverse EPA's Pebble Mine Veto | Common...

One coalition described the Republican attorney general's lawsuit as "little more than a publicity stunt filed on behalf of an unscrupulous mining company."

NorthMet copper nickel mine loses key permit over threat to tribal water quality

The mine project launched by PolyMet, now run by NewRange Copper Nickel, may have to significantly change its design to get a new wetlands permit.

Army Corps revokes key Northmet copper-nickel mine permit

The permit "does not ensure compliance with water quality requirements of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa," according to the Army Corps.

Lawsuit Targets U.S. Delay on Petition to Phase Out Public Lands Oil Drilling

Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Interior Department today for failing to respond to a rulemaking petition to phase out oil and gas extraction on federal...

E.P.A. Blocks Long-Disputed Mine Project in Alaska (Published 2023)

The move to ban disposal of mining wastes near the site of the proposed Pebble mine, made under the Clean Water Act, protects a valuable salmon fishery.

Biden Administration Sets a Mining Ban in Boundary Waters Wilderness (Published 2023)

A 20-year moratorium on new mining activity for more than 225,000 acres of federal land in Minnesota could deal a fatal blow to a proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine.

In Response: The problem with PolyMet is actually PolyMet

From the column: "Sometimes a bad proposal is simply a bad proposal, and clearly the process needs to allow for that."