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Reid gears up to defend stupid mining law
Sigh |
David Roberts |
10 May 2007 |
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| The 1872 Mining Law is evil. It gives mining companies cheap and privileged access to public land, and makes it virtually impossible for anyone, including the gov't, to stop them from grabbing it (yet another cost of mining that gets offloaded onto the public). Attempts to get rid of or update the absurdly archaic and destructive statute have long been blocked by legislators from mining states. Among them is Harry Reid (D-Nev.), now the majority leader in the Senate, ... |
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| Topics: coal, Congress, energy, Harry Reid, lobbying, mining (all these topics) |
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