Anything can be built safe enough. I am personally pro business and pro environment. Saying you can't be both is foolish. You gotta admit, even if you don't believe in global warming it makes perfect sense not to $h!t in your own nest.(pollute the earth)
And yes I think it is feasible to manage a mine safely in a environmentally sensitive area. What's at issue is how much does one want to spend to do it.
And that reference to lower 48ers they are the ones who people in office (voters)