Conservation Minnesota and the Boundary Waters Wilderness and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) recently formed the Mining Truth Coalition to “engage all Minnesotans—including mining companies, non-profit organizations, businesses, policy makers, and private citizens—in a respectful, open, fact-based dialogue about mining and its impacts.”
They said, “We should be proud of our mining past, but we have to be smart about our future.”
Also:
“Sulfide mining has never been done in Minnesota. Based on its track record in other parts of the country and globally, there are serious risks to consider.
• Toxic pollution has happened at every sulfide mine in the world to date.
• The proposed Minnesota mines put Lake Superior and the BWWA at risk. These natural resources
are finite and fragile.
• They attract $1.6 billion in annual tourism and recreation dollars in northeastern Minnesota.
• In other states, the clean up bill for sulfide mines is in the billions of dollars, creating a
major taxpayer liability.”
See more HERE (ConservationMinnesota.org)
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