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The separation of young children from their parents happens for many reasons, including death, divorce, incarceration, natural disasters, and immigration policy. The circumstances that disrupt or ...

The Senate on Thursday overturned a mining moratorium in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, a boon for a Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta. The chamber voted 50-49 to overturn a 20-year ...

Twin Metals offices in Ely, Minn. feature the periodic table names of elements the company plans to mine as seen here on June 12, 2019. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters ...

When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast of Papua New Guinea, I believed in the promise of deep-sea mining. As an early-career deep-sea ...

The move was a victory for a Chilean company that wants to build a copper and nickel mine, which environmentalists say could devastate fragile lakes and forests. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from the ...

Senate votes 50-49 to overturn Biden-era mining ban Antofagasta aims to build copper, nickel and cobalt mine Trump supports project; expected to sign bill Conservationists worry mine would pollute ...

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The Senate voted 50-49 on Thursday to repeal a ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, a significant step toward reviving a controversial project to mine a portion ...

The U.S. Congress has passed a measure to allow copper-nickel mining in northeastern Minnesota on federal lands adjacent to a popular wilderness area whose waters flow into Canada. The vote passed by ...

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