Senate Votes to Allow Mining Near Minnesota Wilderness
Senator Smith criticized the resolution as an 'anti-America first' move that risks polluting Minnesota's wilderness for a foreign conglomerate.
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The Senate narrowly passed a resolution to overturn a 20-year mining ban in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, paving the way for a major copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters wilderness.
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TSTina SmithD-Minnesota
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