Proposed copper-sulfide mining in northern Minnesota threatens some of the cleanest water in the country, including the Boundary Waters and Lake Superior.

Over the past year, Friends of the Boundary Waters and our partners have won important legal challenges against PolyMet’s proposed toxic copper sulfide mine, which threatens to pollute Lake Superior. In October 2021, PolyMet was back in court, before the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Friends’ Board Member Evan Nelson, an attorney at Maslon LLP, will provide a special look at the important wastewater permit before the court and where this case will go from here.

Evan breaks down the legal arguments from Friends of the Boundary Waters and its partners Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, WaterLegacy, and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa who are also involved in this case.

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The Biden administration recently announced it was requesting a 20-year ban on copper-sulfide mining on 225,000 acres of federal land surrounding the Boundary Waters. How will this impact conservation movement in the area and the future of America’s most popular Wilderness Area.

We’ll hear directly from our legal experts, who offer background information on this important development in the fight for clean water that could potentially stop the proposed Twin Metals’ toxic mine near the Boundary Waters.

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Explore the link between clean water, the Boundary Waters, and Native American issues in this timely episode.

Minnesota Senator Mary Kunesh and Representative Heather Keeler join Friends Executive Director Chris Knopf  to talk about Indigenous Peoples' Day, clean water, and their experiences as Native women in the Minnesota legislature.

Senator Kunesh has been in the legislature since 2016 and was a founding member of the Native American and People of Color & Indigenous (POCI) caucuses. Representative Keeler joined the legislature in 2021 and has a background in activism and fighting for the Native American community in the Fargo-Moorhead area. 

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