NY Times: A Mining Law Whose Time Has Passed.
“Under the law, mining companies — not the government — decide whether and where to file their claims on public land. (National parks, monuments and wilderness areas are excluded.) Federal agencies review the plans, but they are approved as a matter of course. Mining companies pledge to protect rivers threatened by their operations. But the industry’s track record hardly inspires confidence.” We live in the tailing-piles and runoff from this particular law, a law that’s far overstayed its welcome.
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