We need you to TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY to defend the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and some of the cleanest fresh water in the United States!
The U.S. Senate may hold a floor vote TODAY—Wednesday, April 15—on House Joint Resolution 140, which would overturn a 20-year moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest land in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota.
Please CALL YOUR TWO SENATORS RIGHT NOW at (202) 224-3121 and tell them both to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!”
The 20-year mining moratorium was put in place in January 2023 following an extensive environmental review and public comment. This reprieve was thanks in no small part to thousands of our members and supporters who spoke up to defend the Boundary Waters. Today, your voice is needed again to defend the Boundary Waters Wilderness, so please call your senators! Overturning the 20-year moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters watershed would benefit Twin Metals, a subsidiary of Chilean mining company Antofagasta. Antofagasta is owned by Chilean billionaire Andrónico Luksic, who—according to the Wall Street Journal—rented his $5.5 million Washington D.C. home to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner during Trump’s first term.
Removing Boundary Waters protections by passing H.J. Res. 140 would blatantly ignore the voices of the American people and prioritize the profits of a foreign mining company over the interest of the American people, our beloved Wilderness, and its wildlife.
So, please CALL YOUR TWO SENATORS IMMEDIATELY at (202) 224-3121 and tell them both to “Vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140!” |
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