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  • More details of ID cobalt mine 'deal'

    Brian Ertz

    Earlier we had a conversation about the Idaho Conservation League’s decision to cut a deal green-lighting a cobalt mine near Salmon, Idaho.  Details of that deal were promised today (Monday) : Formation Capital and Idaho Conservation League Reach Agreement on Conservation Program – marketwire Mine, environmentalists hail ID cobalt mine deal – Todd Dvorak –…

  • Canadian mine owners, Idaho environmental group cut deal

    Brian Ertz

    The Idaho Conservation League (ICL) has struck a deal with Canadian mine company Formation Capital Corp.’s plans to mine cobalt near Salmon, Idaho. Canadian mine owners, Idaho environmental group cut deal – Rocky Barker – Idaho Statesman The adjacent Blackbird mine superfund site has been polluting waters for a long time highlighting the potential of…

  • Heedless rush by Bush on oil shale (opinion by Senator Ken Salazar)

    Ralph Maughan

    We’ve seen this heedless rush to oil shale before, just ahead of the inevitable bust. By Senator Ken Salazar. Salt Lake Tribune (reprinted from the Washington Post). Salazar is a U.S. Senator from Colorado, the state where much of the oil shale lies.

  • House Natural Resoures Committee Invokes Rarely Used Powers to Block Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon

    Ralph Maughan

    House Natural Resoures Committee Invokes Rarely Used Powers to Block Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon. Ascribe Newswire. There is also an AP story on this unusual emergency action. This is not only a threat to the scenic national park, but to the drinking water of 25-million people. – – – – – Update: Permanent protection.…

  • In the West, mining's return faces resistance

    Ralph Maughan

    In the West, mining’s return faces resistance. The region’s newcomers, who came for high-tech jobs and scenery, worry about ecological costs. By Ben Arnoldy. Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. – – – – While there is an economic need for more copper, nickel, tin, etc, there is no need for more gold. Gold…

  • It's time to end mining industry welfare

    Ralph Maughan

    Four articles today on the 1872 General Mining Law. “The law, signed by President Grant, allows patents for hardrock minerals on public lands to be mined for $2.50 or $5 an acre.” It’s time to end mining industry welfare. By Joel Connelly. Seattle Post-Intelligencer Columnist. “Uranium mines don’t belong next door to one of the…

  • Purchase of outstanding mining claims to put to rest gold mining threat next to Yellowstone Park.

    Ralph Maughan

    While the New World Mine proposal (once a very serious proposal) above Cooke City was pretty much defeated in 1996-7, there are a group of outstanding patented mining claims that could potentially cause trouble. These will be purchased by the Trust for Public Land, ending forever the development threat they pose. Group makes plans to…

  • Six Nevada gold mines are worse mercury polluters than Jerritt Canyon?

    Ralph Maughan

    Although articles about the now-shuttered Jerritt Canyon mine have said it was the worst mercury polluter in the United States, a more recent article says that 6 other Nevada gold mines pump out more mercury into the air, with Barrick Goldstrick mine (a huge series of pits) alone putting out 30 times as much as…

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