Despite six-month hiatus, property owners are likely to lose their battle
On its face, the vote taken recently by the state’s top constitutional officers to delay the granting of mineral rights leases on the Iron Range for six months was democracy in action: government...
View ArticleBeyond the budget 2013
The path through any budget session leads to a negotiating table at which the governor and legislative leaders work out the most politically palatable taxing and spending deal they can muster. But the...
View ArticleEnviro groups kick off sulfide mining campaign
A coalition of environmental groups has announced it plans to spend more than a quarter of a million dollars this summer on a public awareness campaign centered on proposed sulfide mines in northern...
View ArticleOtto’s mining move riles Rangers
Otto shook up both her role as state auditor and her campaign for re-election last month when she cast the lone “no” vote as the state’s Executive Council took up 31 exploratory nonferrous mining...
View ArticleMining fight continues to roil DFL factions
At Tuesday night’s hearing over a controversial plan for the PolyMet open pit copper mine, a sharply divided crowd traded talking points about the risks and rewards of copper mining. It is a good bet...
View ArticleCapitol Retort: Mines, cops, milestones and costumes
Insights on recent news events from Ryan Winkler, Pat Garofalo, Don Ness and Amy Koch.
View ArticlePolyMet review: Water treatment needed long term
Wastewater from Minnesota’s proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine would have to be treated indefinitely to prevent pollutants from escaping, according to a final environmental review released Friday. The...
View ArticleMining PolyMet comments: How agencies decide the facts
Was the environmental review process "a neutral evaluation" or "puffery"?
View ArticleMining PolyMet comments: How agencies decide the facts
Was the environmental review process "a neutral evaluation" or "puffery"?
View ArticleMining PolyMet comments: How agencies decide the facts
Was the environmental review process "a neutral evaluation" or "puffery"?
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