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OUR VIEW: SAFE MINING? GUESS WE DON’T WANT TO FIND OUT

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE – January 31, 2023: Can copper and other metals critical to our transition to a greener economy be mined safely in Northeastern Minnesota, and without harming the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness?… More >

BIDEN’S GREEN-ENERGY MINERAL LOCKUP

WALL STREET JOURNAL – January 29, 2023: The Biden Administration is heavily subsidizing electric vehicles, but at the same time it is blocking mineral projects needed to produce them. Another example of this head-scratching contradiction came Thursday when Interior Secretary Deb Haaland walled off much of Minnesota’s Superior National Forest from mining…. More >

COPPER SHORTAGE GETTING REAL

KITCO – January 24, 2023: Some of the world’s largest mining companies and metal traders are warning that by 2025, a massive shortfall will emerge for copper, which is now the world’s most critical metal due to its essential role in the green economy. The deficit will be so large, The Financial Post stated last September, that it could itself hold back global growth, stoke inflation by raising manufacturing costs and throw global climate goals off course…. More >

OUR VIEW: MORE-REASONABLE MINING REVIEWS ARE NEEDED

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE – January 11, 2023: The government shouldn’t need 10 years, 15 years, or even longer to decide about a mining or other industrial project. But look no further than Northeastern Minnesota and PolyMet Mining’s proposal for just one maddening example of an anti-business, anti-industry, excessive permitting process…. More >

FORMER CONGRESSMAN’S VIEW: FIND COMPROMISE ON TWIN METALS TO REACH CLEAN-ENERGY GOALS

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE – January 6, 2023: The quest for cheap energy that won’t contribute to our own destruction is a challenge worthy of the alchemists of old. But alchemy was never able to deliver on its promises of miraculous transformation. Nor can such magical thinking help Minnesota do what’s necessary to help lead the way toward a green energy future…. More >

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