Today we took the kids to the Getty Center in the mountains of Los Angeles. The architecture is superb; the art work terrible–a testament to money in the absence of taste. The only piece that brought a smile and that captured the interest of the kids was the outdoors sculpture pictured here.
Archive for the ‘First Nations’ Category
The People of Mine Closure: Inspiration from the Getty Center, Los Angeles
Posted in California, First Nations, Human relations and mining, North America, Reclamation, tagged getty center, Los Angeles, mine closure, People on December 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
More Mine Closure Issues: California Redux
Posted in California, environmental, First Nations, Investing & Finance, Mining history, North America, Reclamation, tagged angle camp, brian fagan, mine closure, san francisco, skyrocket, yamana on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some forty miles east of San Francisco is an old mine. It operated for about five years and never made a profit. Then it was closed. It has been “in closure” ever since and millions have been spent on lawyers, lobbyists, consultants, and actual works to make dilution the solution. It will never be [...]
Mine Closure Criteria: Thoughts from Narnia
Posted in British Columbia, environmental, First Nations, Law (Mining), tagged aslan, c. s. lewis, closure, dawn treader, God, mining, narnia on December 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today we took the California grandkids to see The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third in the Chronicles of Narnia. Then we went to Barnes & Noble and bought Prince Caspian, which we had not hitherto seen. We watched Prince Caspian this evening, and so I am now satiated with Aslan, Caspians, Narnians, [...]
Meech, Colgate, and Taskeo’s Prosperity Mine
Posted in British Columbia, environmental, feasibilty studies, First Nations, Jobs and Salaries, tagged george colgate, john meech, prosperity mine, taseko on December 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Here is a fascinating interaction on Taskeo’s Prosperity Mine. I repeat in full from an e-mail from MiningWatch. I trust they are OK with this.
HudBay Minerals, El Estor, the Fenix Mine, and the Death of Adolfo Ich Chaman
Posted in feasibilty studies, First Nations, Latin America, Law (Mining), mining, tagged adolfo chaman, el estor, fenix mine, Guatemala, hudbay, klippenstein on December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps a Canadian court is the only place to sort out the mess that is the story of HudBay Minerals, the Fenix Mine near El Estor in Guatemala, and the death of Adolfo Ich Chaman.
An Open Letter to Jennifer Moore of MiningWatch
Posted in About the news, First Nations, health and safety, Latin America, safety, tagged death, earthquake, Goldcorp, Guatemala, haiti, jennifer moore, marlin mine, MiningWatch on November 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This morning’s e-mails brought this announcement from MiningWatch. We congratulate Jennifer Moore who has been hired by MiningWatch to deal with the Marlin Mine in Guatemala. It is with great excitement that we announce that Jennifer Moore has been hired on as our new Latin America Program Coordinator. Jennifer’s excellent skills and extensive experience as [...]
BC Mining Crashes into Fish Lake: No Prosperity Mine Here
Posted in About the news, British Columbia, consulting, First Nations, North America, Tailings, tagged fish lake, Pebble Mine, prosperity mine, taseko, woodward & company on November 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »
If you live in British Columbia you probably know about the Federal Government’s refusal to allow Taseko’s Prosperity Mine to proceed. The reason: the mine would impact fish as a result of the use of Fish Lake for the mine tailings. The British Columbia provincial government had approved the mine; but the Federal government which deals with [...]
Irony or insight? Oil, gas, mining, poverty, and jails
Posted in About the news, First Nations, Jobs and Salaries, North America, Oil sands, tagged aboriginal, Fort McMurray, poverty, ripple effects on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every now and then, I get an e-mail from Ripple Effects Ltd in Fort McMurray. Here is a copy of the latest which is a collection of seemingly unrelated new items. I am not so sure about the unrelated part. As I read it, there is sadness and an insight into why there is poverty [...]
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