Big win for mining as Senate votes to remove moratorium on Boundary Waters watershed
Senator Tina Smith conducted a talking filibuster in an attempt to block the resolution lifting the Boundary Waters mining moratorium.
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The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to overturn a 20-year Biden-era moratorium on sulfide-ore mining in the Boundary Waters watershed, paving the way for the Twin Metals project after an impassioned but unsuccessful talking filibuster by Senator Tina Smith.
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