Marc Fink retweeted
BREAKING: Admin Law Judge recommends @mndnr deny PolyMet permit to mine that violates MN rules on reactive mine waste.
"This is yet another repudiation of the permits issued to PolyMet, and should be the final nail in the coffin of this failed proposal."
Read our release:
Marc Fink retweeted
The Star Tribune article about wolves "decimating" northern Minnesota's deer population was driving me insane so I blogged it minnesotareformer.com/2023/1…
Why weren’t PolyMet’s permits done right the first time?timberjay.com/stories/questi… #simplesharebuttons
Great news for the Boundary Waters! - Judge dismisses Twin Metals lawsuit against Biden administration duluthnewstribune.com/news/l…
“The MPCA and the EPA sought to avoid public scrutiny and to hide the risk of illegal water pollution from the public eye. This secrecy is unacceptable.”
minnpost.com/greater-minneso… via @MinnPost
“This is another victory for the crucially important waters and wetlands at the headwaters of the Lake Superior watershed,” said Marc Fink, senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity.
minnesotareformer.com/2023/0… via @mnreformer
Court says MPCA did not take 'hard look' at NorthMet permit duluthnewstribune.com/news/l…
Marc Fink retweeted
The MN Supreme Court ruled today that the MPCA violated state law when it suppressed a federal agency's concerns with PolyMet's water permit during the public comment period.
Read our press release to learn more.
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Marc Fink retweeted
"We conclude there are danger signals suggesting that the MPCA did not take a hard look at whether the permit complies with the Clean Water Act (CWA) and that the MPCA did not genuinely engage in reasoned decision-making in dealing with concerns that were raised by the EPA."
Marc Fink retweeted
NEW: The MN Supreme Court rules a key water permit granted by the MPCA to PolyMet (now NewRange) was "arbitrary and capricious" and suggests the agency may not have adequately considered whether the copper-nickel project has the reasonable potential to break water standards.
Outrage as Alaska Attorney General Asks Supreme Court to Reverse EPA's Pebble Mine Veto commondreams.org/news/suprem…
Marc Fink retweeted
"This is a sea change for PolyMet. They're going to have to go back to the drawing board," Kevin Reuther, MCEA's Chief Legal Officer.
The Army Corps’ decision mandates what we've long sought: a reset on the entire proposal.
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Army Corps revokes key Northmet copper-nickel mine permit duluthnewstribune.com/news/l…
Marc Fink retweeted
BREAKING: US Army Corps of Engineers revokes PolyMet's wetlands (Section 404) permit. Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa had objected to the permit since destroying these wetlands would violate their downstream water quality standards. mvp.usace.army.mil/Missions/…
Lawsuit Targets U.S. Delay on Petition to Phase Out Public Lands Oil Drilling biologicaldiversity.org/w/ne…
E.P.A. Blocks Long-Disputed Mine Project in Alaska nytimes.com/2023/01/31/clima…
Biden Administration Sets a Mining Ban in Boundary Waters Wilderness nytimes.com/2023/01/26/clima…
Marc Fink retweeted
"So, yes, in a region famous for its clean water, where water is fundamental to people’s health and way of life, we need to be willing to consider the radical suggestion that if a proposal is floundering, hey, maybe the problem is the proposal itself." duluthnewstribune.com/opinio…
Marc Fink retweeted
Two of the finest activists and people I've had the pleasure to know, the late @joyem_braun and @SvitlanaRomanko, shared the Rose Braz Prize for bold activism from the Center for Biological Diversity today. Such congrats!
(And I knew Rose too, who would have loved this pair)
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