Prove It First Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. Number of sulfide mines to ever operate in North America without polluting
  2. 7. Second administration to cancel the Twin Metals proposal due to environmental risks
  3. 8. Sulfide mine proposed upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
  4. 11. Sulfide mining conglomerate that won the "Medal of Friendship" from Putin
  5. 13. Proposed type of mining, never been done in Minnesota
  6. 15. 1 in 10 newborns in Lake Superior basin have toxic levels of this in their blood
  7. 16. Country where Glencore was accused in lawsuits of using child labor (Abbr.)
Down
  1. 1. State where Prove it First was in effect for 20 years
  2. 2. Shell corporation for international bad actor Glencore
  3. 3. Copper-sulfide mining's rank in the EPA's most polluting industry list
  4. 4. Country where Twin Metals' owner, Antofagasta, sends metals for processing
  5. 6. This type of mining will NOT be impacted by Prove It First
  6. 7. Another way to describe the sulfuric acid that comes from copper sulfide mining
  7. 9. Proposed mine that would threaten the Mississippi River watershed
  8. 10. River Polymet would pollute
  9. 12. Downstream food source threatened by PolyMet
  10. 14. First administration to cancel the Twin Metals proposal due to environmental risks