Environmentalists sued the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday in an attempt to reverse a 2017 land transfer that gave PolyMet Mining Corp more than 6,600 acres (2,670 hectares) needed to build an open pit copper and gold mine in northern Minnesota.
A Canada lynx is shown in this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service handout photo. REUTERS/Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/HandoutJan 25 - Environmentalists sued the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday in an attempt to reverse a 2017 land transfer that gave PolyMet Mining CorpThe suit, led by the Center for Biological Diversity , claims the project would destroy a region home to Canada lynx and northern long-eared bat, both of which are listed as threatened with extinction under the U.S.
PolyMet has since acquired the land and obtained most of its permits. The environmental groups are asking the court to now hear their claims on the merits and order the Forest Service to take back the land. Other parties joining CBD in the lawsuit include the Save Lake Superior Association, Save Our Sky Blue Waters, Friends of the Cloquet Valley State Forest and Duluth for Clean Water.
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