Marc Fink

Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity. Working to protect imperiled wildlife and wild places.

[@MCEA1974 @MCEA1974]

BREAKING: Admin Law Judge recommends @mndnr deny PolyMet permit to mine that violates MN rules on reactive mine waste.

"This is yet another repudiation of the permits issued to PolyMet, and should be the final nail in the coffin of this failed proposal."

Read our release:

[Christopher Ingraham🦗 @_cingraham]

The Star Tribune article about wolves "decimating" northern Minnesota's deer population was driving me insane so I blogged it https://t.co/6SKT7WAMqQ

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

Why weren’t PolyMet’s permits done right the first time?https://t.co/eMbDQHpuN4 #simplesharebuttons

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

Great news for the Boundary Waters! - Judge dismisses Twin Metals lawsuit against Biden administration https://t.co/PbcnWxfwAL

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

“The MPCA and the EPA sought to avoid public scrutiny and to hide the risk of illegal water pollution from the public eye. This secrecy is unacceptable.”
https://t.co/wGadHTbEwC via @MinnPost

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

“This is another victory for the crucially important waters and wetlands at the headwaters of the Lake Superior watershed,” said Marc Fink, senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity.
https://t.co/wRFcP9i4Cz via @mnreformer

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

Court says MPCA did not take 'hard look' at NorthMet permit https://t.co/GLLFPGa4ij

[@MCEA1974 @MCEA1974]

The MN Supreme Court ruled today that the MPCA violated state law when it suppressed a federal agency's concerns with PolyMet's water permit during the public comment period.

Read our press release to learn more.

https://t.co/bJpNeMdaHS

[Walker Orenstein @walkerorenstein]

"We conclude there are danger signals suggesting that the MPCA did not take a hard look at whether the permit complies with the Clean Water Act (CWA) and that the MPCA did not genuinely engage in reasoned decision-making in dealing with concerns that were raised by the EPA."

[Walker Orenstein @walkerorenstein]

NEW: The MN Supreme Court rules a key water permit granted by the MPCA to PolyMet (now NewRange) was "arbitrary and capricious" and suggests the agency may not have adequately considered whether the copper-nickel project has the reasonable potential to break water standards.

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

Outrage as Alaska Attorney General Asks Supreme Court to Reverse EPA's Pebble Mine Veto https://t.co/Xp1qG8uVEd

[@MCEA1974 @MCEA1974]

"This is a sea change for PolyMet. They're going to have to go back to the drawing board," Kevin Reuther, MCEA's Chief Legal Officer.

The Army Corps’ decision mandates what we've long sought: a reset on the entire proposal.

https://t.co/J6oIZuGG3J

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

Army Corps revokes key Northmet copper-nickel mine permit https://t.co/7Py47Gr7JW

[@MCEA1974 @MCEA1974]

BREAKING: US Army Corps of Engineers revokes PolyMet's wetlands (Section 404) permit. Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa had objected to the permit since destroying these wetlands would violate their downstream water quality standards. https://t.co/Wlmu21eTUT

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

Lawsuit Targets U.S. Delay on Petition to Phase Out Public Lands Oil Drilling https://t.co/MqpMd7ZNer

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

E.P.A. Blocks Long-Disputed Mine Project in Alaska https://t.co/CEVOIiDxwt

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

Biden Administration Sets a Mining Ban in Boundary Waters Wilderness https://t.co/eJ0xBpsP2j

[Aaron Klemz @aaronklemz]

"So, yes, in a region famous for its clean water, where water is fundamental to people’s health and way of life, we need to be willing to consider the radical suggestion that if a proposal is floundering, hey, maybe the problem is the proposal itself." https://t.co/Fg7m6Sm07G

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Two of the finest activists and people I've had the pleasure to know, the late @joyem_braun and @SvitlanaRomanko, shared the Rose Braz Prize for bold activism from the Center for Biological Diversity today. Such congrats!
(And I knew Rose too, who would have loved this pair)

[Marc Fink @Marcdf]

Gov. Ducey’s Illegal Shipping Container Wall is Worse Than You Can Imagine https://t.co/fpIvRhR4o7