Cika wannan jumla: Painter sau da yawa yana nuna cewa hakar jan ƙarfe/nickel yana da mummunar illa ga muhalli. Ma'aikatar Albarkatun Kasa ta Minnesota ofishin siyasa ne, kuma Painter ya yi imanin cewa Minnesotans ba su da dalilin da za su kasance da tabbaci a cikin ikon su na kare Minnesota daga waɗannan sakamakon. Tsarin doka da ke kula da waɗannan nau'ikan ma'adanai an tsara shi ne don tsara aikin hakar taconite kuma ba ya magance hakar sulfide yadda ya kamata. Bugu da kari, shugaban Glencore, Tony Hayward, tsohon shugaban British Petroleum a lokacin da
Ruwan mai na Deepwater Horizon, ya ba Painter dalilin yin tambaya game da sadaukarwar kamfanin ga aminci da kuma kula da muhalli.