U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D) is joining environmentalists in celebrating successful efforts to block Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness mining permissions in President Donald Trump’s “Big ...

The Senate has asked the House to strike the reversal of the Boundary Waters mineral lease withdrawal from the Big Beautiful Bill. 743K ; 204K ; 62K ; 108K ... Tina Smith, a Democratic Senator ...

Mining near the Boundary Waters has been a painful debate for a while. Now in Washington, there is another chapter. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) raised a red flag on a section in President ...

Democratic Sen. Tina Smith says she successfully fought to remove it. Smith said deep in the bill, ... Boundary Waters advocates say this is a win, but the fight isn't over.

This comes shortly after Senator Tina Smith declared victory in the fight to protect the Boundary Waters, after a provision granting Chilean mining giant Antofagasta permission to open copper ...

This comes shortly after Senator Tina Smith declared victory in the fight to protect the Boundary Waters, after a provision granting Chilean mining giant Antofagasta permission to open copper ...