Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Aims to Protect Threatened Lynx, Bats From Massive Copper Mine in Superior National Forest in Minnesota
January 27, 2022
January 27, 2022
DULUTH, Minnesota, Jan. 27 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2022:
Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today, saying their approval of the PolyMet open-pit copper mine and land exchange in the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota violates the Endangered Species Act.
The 528-acre open-pit mine would destroy important habi . . .
Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today, saying their approval of the PolyMet open-pit copper mine and land exchange in the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota violates the Endangered Species Act.
The 528-acre open-pit mine would destroy important habi . . .