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In Minnesota, when it comes to pro-sulfide-mining rhetoric, look for what is missing
Dry stacking of mine waste is not a panacea. Look at the other mines that employ it and see how successful they are at protecting the environment.
C.A. Arneson
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Sulfide mining: the most fateful decision Minnesota will ever make
Minnesota’s clean – incredibly rare – wealth of freshwater is its future.
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Minnesota’s water war
The area encompassing the Duluth Complex is both a life source and a buffer for the waters of northeastern Minnesota, and beyond.
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When it comes to sulfide mining, let’s use ‘pro-water’ and ‘anti-water’ to describe stances
No one promoting sulfide mining in Minnesota can say they are pro-clean water, not when the reality of sulfide mining is perpetual water pollution.
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PolyMet will not protect Minnesota’s waters
A mining company can have a permit, violate standards, and still be in compliance with its permit.
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Minnesota needs solid research on mercury contamination and its sources
Set the politics aside and do the science. Protect Minnesota’s children from toxic mercury poisoning.
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Minnesota and mining: Our children, our waters and wild rice are political pawns
Will we protect our water, and in so doing protect our health? Protect our children?
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Why proposed solutions to sulfide-mine pollution won’t work
Financial assurance, reverse osmosis and compromise have been promoted as viable ways to protect Lake Superior and the BWCA.
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Are sulfates and methylmercury killing Minnesota’s moose?
Before we conclude that there is nothing we can do to halt the “precipitous” decline of Minnesota’s moose, we need to find out just what is killing them.
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In Minnesota, we need to value our children at least as much as wild rice
On Wednesday, Jan. 16, the Wild Rice Advisory Committee will meet in Duluth at the MPCA regional office to narrow down the definition of “water used for production of wild rice.”
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St. Croix’s mega-bridge will mostly benefit corporations, not citizens
What was on the Wisconsin side of the St. Croix River, across from Stillwater, that was driving the so-called need for a mega-bridge? Frac sand.
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When it comes to mining, Forest Service, Executive Council are in denial
We cannot plead ignorance, or use the semi-truth of “it was another era,” to excuse mining-industry practices that cause pollution.
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Given evasiveness, it’s hard to trust PolyMet’s assurances
PolyMet VP Bradley Moore may be a nice guy, but he also showed himself recently to be a skillful evader.
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Antofagasta didn’t do it right in Chile, but says sulfide mining in Minnesota will be different — trust us
Where is the non-polluting sulfide mining company that has done it “right?” I guess Duluth Metals could not find one.
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The irony of Minnesota’s new aquatic invasive-species law
ELY, Minn. — Minnesota legislators were eager to enact legislation to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) this past legislative session. On May 27, Gov.
