After years of controversy, B.C. to ban mining, energy development in critical headwaters of famed river near Glacier National Park-
I have been worried about this for years, and posted many articles. Every month is seemed a new, massive environmentally destructive scheme was proposed for the North Fork.
Now British Columbia Lt. Gov. Steven Point […]
Continue Reading →Western Watersheds Project Wins Summary Judgment on the 100,000 acre Byner Complex Allotments. BLM-
This no “family ranch” but a spin-off of Freeport-McMoRan mining.
Here is the WWP’s news release on the victory for the American people ♦Western Watersheds Project’s Arizona Office has been granted Summary Judgment byAdministrative Law Judge Harvey C. Sweitzer […]
Continue Reading →Will there be a similar flight for opponents of the mining? No.
A state owned plane carrying Lt. Gov. Brad Little, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, House Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke, deputy Attorney General Clive Strong, and mining lobbyist Jack Lyman for a tour of eastern Idaho phosphate mining areas was paid for by mining […]
Continue Reading →Another controversial Obama appointment
This time, environmentalists are angered with Obama’s choice for Office of Surface Mining Reclamation, and Enforcement.
Enviros Blast Obama’s Choice for Office of Surface Mining – ENS
For the past 17 years Pizarchik has been engaged in Pennsylvania’s mining program, first as legal counsel and then as the […]
Continue Reading →Followup to Obama’s move to temporarily delay mining claims on a million scenic acres is shaping up into a major battle-
Mine ban at Canyon may fuel new fight By Shaun McKinnon and Erin Kelly. Azcentral.com
Polls show the state’s residents support the general position of Grijalva.
The Arizona Strip is a vast area […]
Continue Reading →Nevada wants to keep regulation out of federal hands for selfish reasons
According to the Las Vegas Sun the battle over the huge mercury plume from the recently-closed (again) Jerritt Canyon mine is really over Nevada keeping control of regulating its gold mining industry.
Closing mine part of bigger battle. State wants to keep […]
Continue Reading →The damn thing was closed. They started up again in March-
Thanks to Justin Hayes (Idaho Conservation League efforts), the incredibly toxic Jerrit Canyon gold mine in northern Nevada was shut down in 2008. I thought that was the end of this particular source of mercury pollution (more mercury than many coal fired power plants […]
Continue Reading →The massive Foisey Creek coal development in B.C. (the Lodgepole coal pit and 2000 coal bed methane wells) is becoming an international issue.
UN to hear petition. The Globe and Mail. By Mark Hume.
Earlier in this blog.
5/15/09. North Fork Flathead plight in U.N. spotlight
9/5/08. Another coal mine planned […]
“The 137-year-old law is a legacy of a bygone era in the West”
Folks have been trying to change this law my entire life and long before that. Will this be the year? If so, how much can it be changed?
The Oregonian thinks change is now politically possible. The 1872 Act has long […]
Continue Reading →Back East, things aren’t looking much better for the environment-
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Obama’s EPA clears 42 of 48 New Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Obama administration has cleared more than three-dozen new mountaintop removal permits for issuance by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, drawing quick criticism from environmental groups who […]
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