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Dump Term 2 Part 5: He Didn't Specify Which Civilization Would Die...

Whelp, the possible destruction of the Boundary Waters has been approved. Off to Cheeto for approval......

Is this one of those things where the oil company doesn't even want it because it isn't cost effective but the Republicans want to show they're so anti-woke they'll destroy the environment pointlessly to own the libs?
 
Oh. Fuck it, mineral companies are vampires, they'll rape anything.
Copper sulfide mine 10 miles or less upstream from the Boundary Waters in NE Minnesota. As most people know, sulfide mining and water don't mix, but hey, let's throw a mine in with the lakes, rivers and swamps of the Arrowhead region. What could happen? A Chilean company is behind it.

Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park shares the US/Canadian border with the Boundary Waters. Sorry, Ontario......
 
Chilean company that apparently will send the copper to China for smelting/processing (and where it may not even ever make its way back to the US as a usable product). So the US takes the environmental hit while other countries reap the rewards. Winning.
 
Chilean company that apparently will send the copper to China for smelting/processing (and where it may not even ever make its way back to the US as a usable product). So the US takes the environmental hit while other countries reap the rewards. Winning.

Ironic that for once it's the First World country that gets poisoned.

Assuming we are still First World.
 
Does Canada have a remedy under International Law?
The only "saving grace" in this is that Minnesota has some pretty tough environmental standards that it would have to pass when reviewed. As long as the State Legislature doesn't got full MAGAt, I think it would have a tough time passing.

At least that is what I have read. So, still a long way to go, but what was passed today nullified the ban on mining in this area, opening the door to the possibility.
 
We are 50 3rd world countries in a trench coat masquerading as a 1st world country.

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