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Meet the Newmont, Same As the Oldmont Mining company looks bad in report on pollution of Indonesian bay		10 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Meet the Newmont, Same As the Oldmont Mining company looks bad in report on pollution of Indonesian bay The saga of Newmont Mining Corp.'s mine in Buyat Bay in Indonesia is long and full of drama, like a soap opera, only with more dead and disfigured Indonesian children. The company has been accused by local villagers of polluting the bay, and the government went as far as arresting five Newmont senior employees (la ...
Topics: Indonesia, mining and drilling, toxics (all these topics)

Cya-nara State rejects attempt to repeal cyanide mining ban		03 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Cya-nara State rejects attempt to repeal cyanide mining ban Voters in Montana decisively rejected Initiative 147, which would have repealed the state's 1998 ban on open-pit cyanide leach mining, a highly destructive and polluting gold-mining technique that extracts small amounts of gold and silver diffused through large amounts of rock. Some 98 percent of the money behind the initiative, almost $3 million, ...
Topics: mining and drilling, Montana, politics, toxics (all these topics)

All Quiet on the Rocky Mountain Front Bush administration cancels plans to drill in Rocky Mountain Front		06 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
All Quiet on the Rocky Mountain Front Bush administration cancels plans to drill in Rocky Mountain Front The Bush administration announced yesterday that it will suspend plans to drill for oil and gas in Montana's beloved Rocky Mountain Front pending a comprehensive study of the area -- a study that will not begin until 2007 and will last at least two years, taking the ultimate decision out of Bush's hands, even if h ...
Topics: mining and drilling, Montana, politics (all these topics)

Utah, You've Been Norton'd! Interior Department protecting Utah rivers from wrong threat		01 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Utah, You've Been Norton'd! Interior Department protecting Utah rivers from wrong threat Last month, Interior Secretary Gale Norton splashily announced the Three Rivers Withdrawal: Nearly 200 miles of prized territory along Utah's Green, Colorado, and Dolores rivers would be withdrawn from consideration for new hard-rock mining claims. The proposal had been on her desk for 18 months, so some enviros suspe ...
Topics: mining and drilling, rivers and watersheds, Utah (all these topics)

Water Racket! Noise in the ocean is killing sea creatures		23 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Water Racket! Noise in the ocean is killing sea creatures The world's oceans are getting noisier and it's killing the creatures that live there, scientists say. One major culprit is oil and gas drilling, which involves low-frequency seismic pulses used to survey geologic strata; military sonar and large shipping vessels also generate their share of racket. The U.K.'s Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, which recently ...
Topics: marine life, mining and drilling (all these topics)

The Ghost of Mining Past Abandoned Mines Continue to Pollute the West		14 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
The Ghost of Mining Past Abandoned Mines Continue to Pollute the West There are some 500,000 abandoned mines in the U.S., 20 percent of which are severely polluting nearby rivers and groundwater. Most of the mines are in the West, and the U.S. EPA estimates that 40 percent of all Western headwater streams are now polluted by abandoned hard-rock mines. Poisoned rivers mean trout numbers are declining across the ...
Topics: mining and drilling, toxics, US EPA, West (all these topics)

Mustang Silly Herd of Wild Horses Gets in Way of Bush Admin's Drilling Plans		13 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Mustang Silly Herd of Wild Horses Gets in Way of Bush Admin's Drilling Plans It may come as a surprise to some that the U.S. is still home to about 27,000 wild, free-roaming mustangs, not yet driven from their open ranges by human development. But just wait. The Bureau of Land Management is set to round up one of Colorado's five remaining mustang herds and remove it from its terrain in ...
Topics: Bureau of Land Management, Colorado, mining and drilling, wildlife (all these topics)

Mine Kampf Newmont Mining Corp. Blamed for Sickness and Fish Kills in Indonesia		08 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Mine Kampf Newmont Mining Corp. Blamed for Sickness and Fish Kills in Indonesia For nearly a decade, Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp., the world's biggest gold producer, has dumped treated mine waste directly into Bayat Bay in Indonesia. Fish populations, upon which locals depend economically, have been decimated, and villagers around the bay have suffered a panoply of health problems: skin diseases, rash ...
Topics: Indonesia, mining and drilling, water pollution (all these topics)

Vengeance Is Mine Mining Company Funds Campaign to Repeal Cyanide-Mining Ban in Montana		07 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Vengeance Is Mine Mining Company Funds Campaign to Repeal Cyanide-Mining Ban in Montana In 1998, Montana voters approved a ban on cyanide open-pit gold mining, which for years had defaced the state's landscape and polluted its groundwater. That ban could be repealed by an initiative set to appear on the November ballot, funded almost exclusively by Canyon Resources Corp., a mining company that wants to build ...
Topics: mining and drilling, Montana, water pollution (all these topics)

The Leaser of Two Evils New Report Belies Need for New Oil and Gas Leases		25 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
The Leaser of Two Evils New Report Belies Need for New Oil and Gas Leases President Bush has made increased domestic energy production, i.e., more oil and gas extraction from federal lands in the West, a centerpiece of his campaign, claiming it is the road to energy independence. His administration frequently proclaims the need to remove restrictive barriers to resource extraction. But a new report, based on Interior Depar ...
Topics: mining and drilling, wilderness (all these topics)

Oiled Again Free trade agreement threatens Costa Rican environmental protections	Mark Engler, Nadia Martinez	26 Mar 2004	Main Dish
By Mark Engler and Nadia Martinez 26 Mar 2004 Insert oil rig here? When most people think of Costa Rica, they don't imagine oil rigs stationed off the pristine beaches. Nor do they envision pit mines cutting into the cloud-forested mountains. But, despite the country's noteworthy conservation efforts, its scenic vistas and extraordinary biodiversity face ongoing threats from extractive industries -- and from interna ...
Topics: Costa Rica, mining and drilling, politics (all these topics)

Forgive Me, Padre, For I Have Drilled Drilling on a Texas barrier island could mess with sea turtles and other critters	Michelle Nijhuis	23 Mar 2004	Main Dish
Life's a beach -- and then you die. Photo: NPS. This time of year, a slim strip of Texas beach known as South Padre Island is hopping with bikini-wearing, hard-drinking college students on spring break. On neighboring North Padre Island, however, the scene tends to be quite a bit calmer. Nearly 70 miles of this Gulf Coast barrier island are natio ...
Topics: energy, mining and drilling, oil, Texas, wildlife (all these topics)

How Much for the Whole State? Mining Plan Raises Questions About Bush Political Contributor		11 Mar 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Bureau of Land Management, mining and drilling, New Mexico, political groups (all these topics)

Mine, All Mine Agencies Fight Over Trust Fund to Protect Groundwater from Nevada Mine		10 Mar 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Bureau of Land Management, mining and drilling, Nevada, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Huge Tracts of Land Bush Administration Accelerates Oil and Gas Leasing in Rockies		01 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Huge Tracts of Land Bush Administration Accelerates Oil and Gas Leasing in Rockies The Bush administration, as part of its broader effort to accelerate oil and gas development on the Rocky Mountain front, is moving ahead with plans to lease large tracts of environmentally sensitive land in Utah and southwestern Wyoming. This has prompted protests from varied quarters, including a letter to Interior ...
Topics: mining and drilling, North America, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Barton Fink Big Recipient of Industry Money to Head House Energy Committee		20 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Barton Fink Big Recipient of Industry Money to Head House Energy Committee With Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) retiring at the end of this year, the plum leadership spot on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is poised to go to Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), a true friend of the energy industry if ever there was one. Barton has received more campaign contributions from the energy sector than ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

How to Succeed Without Really Trying North Dakota 'Reduces' Pollution by Measuring It Differently		19 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: air pollution, energy, mining and drilling, national parks, North Dakota, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Put Down the Drills and Back Away Slowly Enviro Groups Sue to Stop Alaska Drilling		18 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Put Down the Drills and Back Away Slowly Enviro Groups Sue to Stop Alaska Drilling A coalition of seven environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to stop a plan to open 8.8 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to oil and gas development. The groups -- including t ...
Topics: Alaska, Bureau of Land Management, energy, environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, politics, Sierra Club, wildlife (all these topics)

Heart of Dirty Gold Say No to Gold This Valentine's Day		13 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: education, green living, mining and drilling (all these topics)

Pombo Magic Unlikely Proposal Would Fund Transportation Through ANWR Drilling		11 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Alaska, Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Court and Spark Bush Nominates Eco-Hostile Lobbyist to Federal Appeals Court		10 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, politics, ranching (all these topics)

Sweet Chile O' Mine Greenpeace Activist in Chile Tells It Like She Sees It		09 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Chile, dams, education, energy, Greenpeace, hydropower, mining and drilling, rivers and watersheds, South America, wilderness (all these topics)

Gold Dust Woman Mining Watchdog Radhika Sarin InterActivates		09 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: education, mining and drilling (all these topics)

You Know the Drill Bush Admin. Opens Nearly 9 Million Alaskan Acres to Oil Exploration		23 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
You Know the Drill Bush Admin. Opens Nearly 9 Million Alaskan Acres to Oil Exploration Interior Secretary Gale Norton approved a plan on Thursday that will open nearly 9 million acres of pristine land on Alaska's North Slope to oil exploration and drilling. She pledged that the exploration and production in the area, a section of the huge National Petroleum Reserve, would be done in an "e ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, mining and drilling, politics (all these topics)

The Oil Hits the Fan Oil Pipeline Through Georgian Republic Runs Into Trouble		16 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
The Oil Hits the Fan Oil Pipeline Through Georgian Republic Runs Into Trouble A $3 billion, 1,000-mile pipeline -- slated to be pumping oil from the newly opened Caspian oilfields through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey to the world market by April 2005 -- has run into a whole mess of trouble. Environmenta ...
Topics: Azerbaijan, business, energy, food and agriculture, Georgia, globalization, mining and drilling, population, renewable energy, Turkey, wildlife (all these topics)

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