KBJR and Range 11 (Northland’s NewsCenter) is reporting on a group called Water Legacy and its efforts to stop the Polymet nonferrous mining project on the eastern Iron Range. The group cites human health risks from the type of mining proposed by PolyMet. I hear from St. Paul that this matter of nonferrous mining is going to be raised in the legislature and that there will be a strong divide in the DFL majority caucuses in the House and Senate over the issue. I know that many environmentalists are pushing the question harder these days, going so far as to send information to lowly bloggers like yours truly.
Environmental groups steps up attacks on new Range mining project
February 13, 2009 by 1 Comment
Here’s how it boils down, people:
We can get our copper (and the other minerals found in the Duluth Complex) using a relatively environmentally friendly process like the one proposed by Polymet.
or:
We can rely on importing all those materials from countries that take the good ole dirty smelting plant approach to extracting nonferrous materials. In the mean time burying our heads in the sand, pretending that we’ve stopped a great evil.
Which is better for our planet?
Which is better for our economy?
Neato, they match up for once!