Our clean energy future is not an excuse to extend mining industry destruction even further.

there was no testimony from any of the 70 percent of Minnesotans who are in favor of Boundary Waters protections.

their priority isn't science or protecting communities--their priority is putting the polluting industry above all.

I think this is important, and relevant connections that should be clearly communicated.

I think it is important for us to have clarity. I am not sure why that detail was excluded. I think it is highly relevant present experience that should be disclosed.

The science is overwhelming. It has been peer reviewed, it has been published.

I would like to submit to the record here an article from the Star Tribune citing that 74 percent of Minnesota Power's energy does not go to Minnesotans.

The Boundary Waters supports a thriving outdoor recreation economy with hundreds of thousands of annual visitors and tens of thousands of jobs across northeastern Minnesota.

Today, before this Committee we are considering a mining project that has already been rejected through scientific review.

the Forest Service concluded sulfide ore copper mining could result in, and I quote, 'extreme, serious, and irreparable harm' in the watershed of this wilderness area.

These corporations can do this because, as we see today, the private sector has captured influence in many areas of our government.