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In Eighteen Hundred Seventy-Two, Ulysses Made the Greenies Blue
Legislation introduced to overhaul ancient mining law |
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17 May 2007 |
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| In Eighteen Hundred Seventy-Two, Ulysses Made the Greenies Blue Legislation introduced to overhaul ancient mining law In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a mining-regulation law -- and while resource extraction has changed significantly since then, the rules haven't. Now Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) is seeking to revamp what he calls "the Jurassic Park of all federal laws," introducing ... |
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