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Duluth News Tribune | November 12, 2026

 “‘The project has changed, and it really needs to be a rigorous EIS that looks at this new project under current circumstances,’ said Paula Maccabee, executive director and counsel for WaterLegacy, one of the groups that have asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals to review the DNR’s decision.”

WaterLegacy | November 9, 2026

“WaterLegacy has appealed the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) denial of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the NewRange copper-nickel mine project (NewRange Project) in the Partridge River headwaters of the St. Louis River, the largest United States tributary to Lake Superior. Other environmental groups and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (the Band) have also taken the position that a full EIS is necessary to analyze the impacts of this completely new mine proposal and alternatives––including the alternative of no mine––to avoid harm.”

Earth Island Journal | September 17, 2026

“Paula Maccabee, executive director of WaterLegacy, a nonprofit formed in 2009 to counter copper-nickel mining across Minnesota, calls House Joint Resolution 140 ‘a wake-up call.’

‘I think many people felt that someone else in the community was going to take care of our clean water,’ she says. ‘But, here in Minnesota, we are going to have to take care of ourselves for at least the next few years.'”