Film: Precious Waters - Minnesota’s Sulfide Mining Controversy
From Nick Coleman in the StarTribune,
Mining companies that quietly have been exploring northern Minnesota for copper, nickel and other precious minerals are moving toward active operations in and near the Superior National Forest that environmental groups fear may cause lasting damage to the lakes and rivers of the north country, possibly including the fragile ecosystem of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
“This kind of mining has never been done without problems,” says Paul Danicic, executive director of the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, which has produced a 25-minute video about the proposed project and its possible impacts. “Minnesotans are going to have to make a choice here: Are 20 years of mineral extraction worth risking generations of wilderness recreation and clean water?”
More at Preciouswaters.org.
January 12 2010 7:45 PM
