Replies to post #67964 on Liberty Star Uranium and Metals Corp (LBSR)

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LBSR's pebbles in BCSP, plus even more copper in tombstone, AZ, will provide all the copper needed to get off foreign oil and polluting hydrocarbons for good -- solar and wind build-outs, enhanced electrical grids, public transpo and all-electric vehicles. "green" is okay by me... and so is $$$$$.

one thing the anti-pebble crowd never want to talk about is the toxic mining of copper from third world nations, where they are paying slave wages and belching toxic clouds into the air, poisoning people, wrecking rivers and streams, with ill-conceived plans and a lack of regard for the consequences. "not in my backyard" they scream, as they log onto the web, lattes in hand, then hop in their prius and head off to a "save the earth" rally. the height of hypocrisy.

here we have an opportunity to keep it all in the USA, take the middle eastern energy "tax" off US goods, and do it right. mining jobs, for decades to come, and high-wage technology and construction jobs, building the energy infrastructure of the future.

[Soul Washer]

I'll be glad to hug a tree, thanks for the oxygen.


iMpLiCAtions For otHer WAters

Juneau and many other u.S. cities have economies
that depend on the quality of their lakes, rivers
and coastal areas. these communities’ health,
quality of life and economies could be placed at
risk if industries fill waters with their wastes.
if the Supreme Court overturns the Ninth Circuit
decision, not only will the kensington mine waste
fill Lower Slate Lake, but it could encourage
mining companies and others across the country
to evade strict pollution controls under the
pretext that filling waterways with toxic waste is
somehow different than discharging toxic waste.
this decision will have national implications,
highlighting the urgency of reversing the bush
administration’s misguided definition of “fill.”

http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/mtr/downloads/ABadPrecedentforOurNationsWaters.pdf


In Alaska
Acid Mine drainage is a problem at a number of active Alaskan metal mines including Red Dog, Greens Creek, and Kensington Mine. The potential impacts of acid mine drainage on Bristol Bay fisheries is the primary source of opposition to the proposed Pebble Mine in southwestern AK and a concern also at the proposed Donlin Creek Mine. One inactive mine in Alaska, the Salt Chuck Mine, is being considered for Superfund status by the EPA as a result of acid mine drainage.

http://www.groundtruthtrekking.org/Issues/MetalsMining/AcidMineDrainage.html


Location: Alaska
The rivers of Bristol Bay, the Kvichack and Nushagak Rivers and their tributaries, are not only healthy and vibrant, but they are home to the last great wild-salmon fishery in the world. Returning salmon have fed generations of indigenous families through a subsistence harvest that has been in existence for more than 10,000 years. The rivers also support a commercial salmon fishery worth $350 million and a tourism economy, with more than 15,000 non-resident anglers coming to the region each year.

http://www.americanrivers.org/our-work/protecting-rivers/endangered-rivers/endangered-bristolbay.html

The Problem: Taking advantage of a loophole that the Bush administration created in Clean Water Act rules, mining companies are using America's streams and lakes as dumping grounds for unlimited amounts of solid mining wastes. For example, the Kensington Gold Mine near Juneau is planning on destroying a freshwater lake by calling mining waste "fill" and dumping it untreated into the lake. This loophole is also being used to allow mountaintop removal coal mines to dump their waste into Appalachian streams.

http://houstongreenscene.org/houston-green-news/tell-obama-stop-dumping-mining-waste-our-water

I'll see your 100 years and raise you 10,000 years!


we have natural gas for heat..
show some class and respect the dead.

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