EPA says PolyMet permit threatens waters with mercury pollution
May 16, 2022 09:59AM ● By Content Editor
Map by Greg Seitz, Quetico Superior Wilderness News
By Greg Seitz - Quetico Superior Wilderness News - May 11, 2022
By Greg Seitz - Quetico Superior Wilderness News - May 11, 2022
The federal Environmental Protection Agency this week informed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the EPA can’t support a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine.
The proposal in northeastern Minnesota would extract ore from an open-pit mine in the headwaters of the St. Louis River.
The proposal in northeastern Minnesota would extract ore from an open-pit mine in the headwaters of the St. Louis River.
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