Keith Ellison
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Trump administration moves to block Minnesota climate change lawsuit against oil companies

Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northeastern Minnesota.
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Trump lifts ban on mining near Boundary Waters, clearing way for Chilean company to seek permits

Researchers say remote Lake Superior island's wolves are thriving as packs prey on moose
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Researchers say remote Lake Superior island's wolves are thriving as packs prey on moose

Quiet Waters in the Great North Woods on Seagull Lake in the Boundary Waters in Minnesota. A critical vote is set for this week in the U.S. Senate that could allow a copper-nickel mine to being operating near the BWCA.
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Senate Republicans lift mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe Area

The bill will now head to President Trump for his signature

Quiet Waters in the Great North Woods on Seagull Lake in the Boundary Waters in Minnesota. A critical vote is set for this week in the U.S. Senate that could allow a copper-nickel mine to being operating near the BWCA.
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Sen. Tina Smith implores colleagues to oppose bill allowing copper-nickel sulfide mine near Boundary Waters

Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House despite environmentalists' warnings that it could devastate a premier destination for campers, kayakers and canoeists.
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Republicans in the House vote to lift a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area

A Chilean mining company is still considering opening a copper mine in the Superior National Forest
by Steve Simpson, Lindsey Peterson, Todd Richmond
he Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely.
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The Trump administration is delaying a decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies

It comes despite years of warnings from conservationists that populations of the pollinators are shrinking
by Todd Richmond
Lake Mendota is a sprawling, 15-square-mile body of water on Madison's west side. The state Capitol building and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are located on an isthmus that runs between it and Lake Monona, a 5-square-mile lake to the east.
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Archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake 'parking lot'

by Todd Richmond