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January 27, 2022

Interior Department Cancels Mining Leases Near Minnesota Boundary Waters
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The Biden administration has canceled leases for a proposed
copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota. Environmentalists are cheering
the decision, which they say will protect pristine wilderness in the
Boundary Waters region near the Canadian border.


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