The Interior Department has canceled two Minnesota mining leases after a legal opinion ruled the leases were “improperly renewed” by the Trump administration.
from the department’s Office of Solicitor found "significant legal deficiencies" surrounding the renewal. It also said the previous administration had conducted an "inadequate" environmental analysis.
"After a careful legal review, we found the leases were improperly renewed in violation of applicable statutes and regulations, and we are taking action to cancel them.”"disappointing," adding that it "is a political action intended to stop the Twin Metals project without conducting the environmental review prescribed in law."
"Our commitment to the communities of northeast Minnesota and to advancing a sustainable mining project has not waivered," the company added.
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