Call your senators!
Call your senators and tell them to vote NO!
U.S. Senate Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
You will need to name one of your senators or provide your zip code. See script below.
A resolution to overturn the 20-year mining ban is headed to the U.S. Senate any day.
In Jnauary, Rep. Pete Stauber introduced Joint Resolution 140, which would overturn the 20-year mining ban in the Boundary Waters watershed. Now, it's moved onto the Senate. This is critical. If passed, it would erase current protections, reopen the door to sulfide-ore copper mining near the Boundary Waters, and block future administrations from using the same safeguards.
We don’t have time to waste. Contact your senators now:
U.S. SENATE SWITCHBOARD:
(202) 224-3121
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SCRIPT:
My name is [Name] from [City], [STATE].
I’m calling to tell Senator [NAME] to vote NO on the Resolution to undo the 20-year mining ban and protect the Boundary Waters.
The Boundary Waters is America’s most visited Wilderness, and a place I value and want to see protected. This resolution would open up the headwaters to toxic copper mining by a foreign company.
Once again, I’m asking Senator [NAME] to stand up for public lands by protecting the Boundary Waters and vote NO on the Resolution to undo the 20-year mining ban.
Thank you.