I’ve been haunted by Fletcher Freeman’s letter (4/6/13 Ely Echo), in which he says that “sulfide mining is going to happen” because the rich “don’t let rules, regulations and laws get in their way.” Based on his experience with millionaires and billionaires in Texas, Fletcher knows that they can, and will, buy legislators and special […]
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February 25, 2013 Editor The Ely Echo Dear Editor: Old attitudes die hard, as Joe Folio’s letter in the February 23 Echo demonstrates. Ely is rightfully proud of its iron mining history. However, the current effort to romanticize that history ignores much of its dark underside. Ironically, […] Opponents of copper mining in Minnesota might be winning over more state residents, according to a new poll that shows more people oppose the new kind of mining here than support it. The poll, paid for by the Minnesota Environmental Partnership and released Wednesday, found that 48 percent of state residents polled opposed copper mining […] *DNR water officials say it’s time for local communities to start making decisions on water, rather than the state, because the current rates of use are not sustainable.* *Nature can’t keep up with demand, prompting disputes in some cities.* (Can you say Hibbing?) It didn’t take Daniel Damm long to figure […] Sulfide mining in Upper Great Lakes from National Wildlife Federation Fealty Demanded Iron Range Politicians demand fealty* from St. Louis County Board regarding a BWCA and Superior Nation Forest land swap to benefit Copper mining in Northeastern Minnesota, all their subterfuge aside. * (An oath of fealty was a fundamental element of the the feudal system in medieval Europe . It was sworn […] “Sulfie” the We Support Mining Mascot Yes Virginia, some only see the meager gifts this Santa brings. They over look the arsenic, mercury, and acid mine drainage that comes with this type of mining. They over look the “resource curse,” the bad behavior of the industry, and the propaganda fed them by […] Vermilion Community College (VCC) in Ely, MN offers an excellent example of the bad results from water runoff of exposed rocks containing sulfur. A very thin band of exposed sulfur containing rock in the Greenstone outcropping in the VCC courtyard has produced a dead zone “downstream.” As you approach the massive Greenstone outcropping from the […] ELY, Minn. — A pro-mining stance combined with a pro-environment stance, which everyone claims they desire, demands nothing less than a “prove it first” law in Minnesota. “Prove it first” is the obvious and only conclusion that permits mining and saves the clean air and water we all love and need. For Minnesota politicians or […] |
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