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Jared Huffman: just for clarification, we are well aware that the Twin Metals mine is proposed just outside of the border of the…

On the recordJanuary 21, 2026
just for clarification, we are well aware that the Twin Metals mine is proposed just outside of the border of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. We have been very clear on that. However, it is very much within the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. In fact, it is right on the edge. It is just a couple of miles upstream on a river that flows right into this area. Let's stop kidding ourselves. To try to say that it is outside the border on this map and, therefore, the Boundary Waters have nothing to worry about when this mine leaks-- because it will, because every mine of this kind, 100 percent in the past, have leaked and have caused toxic pollution--when it happens, that pollution is going straight into America's most popular wilderness. That is a fact.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Discussing the environmental impact of the proposed Twin Metals mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

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