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EPA Bristol Bay Pebble Mine Peer Review Report: Perpetual Management & Argument

Posted in About the news, British Columbia, decomissioning, environmental, Global Warming, Gold, mining, People, Tailings, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 11, 2012 | 7 Comments »

The report by the peer review group brought together to review  the EPA report on Bristol Bay and the potential impacts thereon from the Pebble Mine (or other mines that may be developed in the area) is out.  (more…)

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More Hogwash on Pebble Mine & Bristol Bay EPA Peer Review Experts

Posted in About the news, blogs, brandy, consulting, Investing & Finance, mining, People, tagged , , , , , on August 21, 2012 | 5 Comments »

More “expert” comments from the EPA Bristol Bay Peer Reviewers as culled from recent news reports.  None are particularly insightful or grammatical.  One even uses near-profanity: hogwash.  Now that is a nice term, more common in Iowa than Alaska.  Certainly, it is more acceptable in polite circles than the equivalent from Montana or other beef-producing places.  Or even from urban areas plagued by increasing populations and decreasing funds to deal with the ultimate human wastes.  (more…)

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Pebble Mine & Bristol Bay EPA Report Meet the Black Swan

Posted in About the news, blogs, consulting, environmental, People, Tailings, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Back to the Pebble Mine.   Back to the eternal debate.  Getting dull, yet ever fascinating.  For the fate of this proposed mine will make mining history.  If the mine does not go ahead because of opposition, all other anti-mining groups will be vitalized to oppose and stop many more proposed mines.  If the mine goes ahead, it will have to do conservative things in such a way that future mines will face an added, expensive burden to replicate. (more…)

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EPA Report on Bristol Bay and Pebble Mine

Posted in About the news, acid mine drainage, consulting, environmental, feasibilty studies, First Nations, Gold, Investing & Finance, mining, North America, tagged , , , , , on May 19, 2012 | 15 Comments »

The draft report by the EPA on potential mining impacts on Bristol Bay by the Pebble Mine or any of the other seven potential mines in that part of Alaska is published.  Here is a link to one report thereon—there are hundreds of news items, so maybe look for others as well if the topic interests you. (more…)

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1872 Mining Law Again Under Attack

Posted in environmental, Gold, Investing & Finance, Law (Mining), Mining history, North America, Uranium, tagged , , , , , on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

To end the week, a link to a posting attacking the 1872 Mining Law.  This is kind of an old topic and one that is opposed by powerful forces in the mining industry.  Nonetheless, here is part of the most recent attack: (more…)

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