Keith Schneider

| Getting your | KEY POINTS: Big German manufacturer has lawyers and lobbyists in and outside Washington, D.C., seeking protections for Roundup weedkiller. Company’s actions are a transparent demonstration of power and influence in defense of a top-sellin... See more

Senate vote sets up a clash over Boundary Waters environmental safeguards The US Senate is poised to vote on a resolution intended to eventually open a long-disputed copper mine close to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeast Minnesota, tr... See more

| Getting your | KEY POINTS Another political confrontation seeks to nullify the nation’s longest and most successful campaign to protect the environment. President Trump and congressional Republicans want to end the ban on mining in the Boundary Waters W... See more

| Getting your | With Donald Trump, there isn’t the thinnest layer of respect for America’s 60-year legacy of environmental protection. For crying out loud, Richard Nixon, of all the commanders in chief, established the Environmental Protection Agency. In... See more

This story is part of a Great Lakes News Collaborative series called Shockwave: Rising energy demand and the future of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes region is in the midst of a seismic energy shakeup, from skyrocketing data center demand and a nuclear ... See more