The Center is under attack.
The most extreme, anti-conservation Republicans in Congress just launched a sham investigation into the Center for Biological Diversity.
Why? Because we’ve been an outspoken — and successful — force against a massive foreign-owned mine that threatens the pristine
#BoundaryWaters Canoe Area Wilderness.
This “investigation” by Reps. Pete Stauber and Paul Gosar is an alarming abuse of power and doesn’t name a single unlawful act — because the Center hasn’t committed one. The representatives claim to be seeking evidence of “collusion” between us and the Biden administration to reintroduce a ban on
#mining within the same watershed as the Boundary Waters.
The corruption that should be investigated is that of Twin Metals and its Chilean parent company, Antofagasta plc.
Twin Metals launched a multimillion-dollar lobby campaign to overturn the protection of the Boundary Waters, one of America’s most beloved wilderness areas and home to endangered gray wolv...