A proposed copper mine in northern Minnesota has become a battleground for politicians and environmentalists — and a pressing reason to explore the waterways. The Boundary Waters is the most heavily ...

The U.S. Senate simply reopened a process that had been closed. The risks to the Boundary Waters are still real and subject to review. In transboundary waters, the risks of mining are often described ...

The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 Thursday to allow sulfide mining in areas near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The vote ends President Joe Biden’s 20-year moratorium on mining leases across ...

The Senate on Thursday voted to repeal Biden-era protections for a contentious wilderness area in Minnesota, sending the question to President Trump’s desk. The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn a ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Conservation leaders who’ve been tracking the status of a resolution that could decide the fate of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are now sounding the alarm. A vote that will either affirm ...

I had the great fortune to grow up in a family with both parents active in Scouting, so our family vacations often involved tents and campfires. Far too many adventures to share, but going through ...

Another political confrontation seeks to nullify the nation’s longest and most successful campaign to protect the environment. President Trump and congressional Republicans want to end the ban on ...

A server pours an oatmeal stout at Boundary Bay Brewery in this 2017 file photo. Evan Abell The Bellingham Herald Boundary Bay Brewery is making a comeback of sorts, just months after ownership closed ...

Environmental advocates are sounding the alarm as a proposal to overturn a mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota steps closer to reality. The U.S. Senate is ...