.NatResources advanced two measures designed to rebuke and reverse Biden administration actions blocking new mineral development in Minnesota's Superior National Forest.
One of the resolutions would express disapproval of the land withdrawal under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. If the Senate were to pass the same resolution, the land withdrawal would be nullified without needing President Joe Biden's signature.
"Producing minerals domestically is critical to meeting the administration's own renewable energy goals, yet the Biden administration has fought these safe American mining opportunities at every turn," said Chairman Bruce Westerman . Critics of the mine remain unconvinced that the Boundary Waters can be protected from acid mine drainage and contamination, even if operators have a mitigation plan in place.
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