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Walz signs order halting sulfide ore mining outside Minnesota’s Boundary Waters
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Tuesday directing state agencies to halt permitting and leasing for copper and nickel mining in the watershed that feeds the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. His actions follow a close congressional vote this past spring that stripped long-standing federal protections from the region.
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Walz signs order halting sulfide ore mining outside Minnesota’s Boundary Waters
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Tuesday directing state agencies to halt permitting and leasing for copper and nickel mining in the watershed that feeds the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. His actions follow a close congressional vote this past spring that stripped long-standing federal protections from the region.
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