I applaud the work that you are doing. I think we do need to be talking about health and the environment of people living in communities across the country.
I also think that it is OK to have legions of advocates who consider themselves eco-justice advocates.
I am happy to support Representative Owens' bill, and I encourage all of my colleagues to do the same, and help keep our mining industry thr...
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to Director Stone-Manning and Deputy Director Owens for being here with us today.
My colleagues say that they care about protecting the environment and addressing community concerns, but to me it seems like they are procee...
the Boundary Waters is incredibly important not only to me, but to the American people.
Since 2016, when the Forest Service first asked the American people if it should consent to the renewal of the leases, at that time 74,000 A...
To me it seems like they are proceeding on behalf of the mining industry and not consulting at all with the people who feel that their well-...
It is generally about 98 percent opposition to copper mining in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters throughout three administrations: the ...
I think part of the reason we are here is because we, as Americans, as people, have misplaced hostility toward fire.
Most recently in 2021, an underwater pipeline leaked tens of thousands of gallons of oil, threatening communities' livelihoods across the st...