WDIO TV
Editorial Board

The Range rally drew in several hundred people, including tradesmen and women, business owners, engineers, and community leaders.

Then, before the speeches began, the student body from the Mesabi East School paraded down the street to join the crowd.

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Mesabi Daily News
Jerry Burnes 

With a few hundred in attendance, local officials handed out PolyMet signs and rallied supporters during a loosely-organized pep rally at the Aurora Community Center. Students from Mesabi East High School marched together down the street to the ceremony, carrying a large “We support mining” banner as the Iron Range looked to stand together against the environmental protest at the state capital.

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Duluth News Tribune
Opinion: Adam Christensen

Consider the following: 10 years of science and evaluation, a 3,100-page document that says the [PolyMet] project can meet the law, and a huge cadre of involved state and federal regulators that have strictly followed an arduous process. All of it shows that the PolyMet project can and should move forward.

The project will create desperately needed jobs in our area while protecting our environment at the same time. It’s a win for everyone, especially my generation.

Read more: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/letters/3852499-readers-view-polymet-can-mine-while-protecting-environment 

Duluth News Tribune
Opinion: Chris Vreeland

Federal and state regulators hold new mine proposals to extremely high standards not seen in many other industries. In fact, the public is free to see just how stringent the process is by accessing the 3,100-page environmental impact statement that has been 10 years in the making by these regulators.

Mesabi Daily News
Bill Hanna

PolyMet CEO and Director Jon Cherry says the company is “very pleased” with a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency on the Preliminary Final Environmental Impact Statement for the state’s first copper/nickel/precious metals mine near Hoyt Lakes.

“We’re proud of how we’ve been handling this. We are pleased with the final PEIS,” Cherry said in a telephone interview with the Mesabi Daily News.

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