McCollum: Did EPA stifle questions about PolyMet copper-nickel mine?
(WorldNews Environment)

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum wants to know why the federal Environmental Protection Agency opted against filing formal comments with Minnesota regulators when the state was considering whether to issue a key water pollution permit for the PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, and she is questioning whether the agency is hiding information. McCollum, a critic of the project who chairs an appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the EPA now that Democrats have taken over the House majority, said she found it `remarkable` that the federal agency did not formally weigh in before the Minnesota...