A gold mine's impacts are felt long after they close -- in dollars alone, the US public spent $27 million in cleanup for mines in South Caroline. These costs are expected to rise.
"A rare look at how corporations are leveraging 'dark money' nonprofits to influence politics like never before: How a secret donation by a billionaire’s Florida-based company helped tip a Wisconsin election and secure legislation that the company helped write."
They all promise they won't. But if you go back and check their promises vs reality -- as we did -- more than 75% wind up polluting.
Then read this op-ed and think about the whether we really want the Rosemont copper mine proposed in the scenic Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson, AZ: http://huff.to/1nM4BQ3
Cell phones -- including the ones that will get tossed today for the new iPhones, contain gold. Recyle your phone here! http://rmcp.earthworksaction.org/
'Dubbed terrorists and enemies of progress by the state, the Frente de Defensa Miguelense is one of several Mayan-led protest groups across Guatemala that are facing down assassinations, detention and intimidation to stop their land becoming part of a continent-wide rush for resources."
In the aftermath of the two mine spills in Canada and Mexico, we must also remember areas where mine waste is dumped into water bodies routinely -- not by accident, but by convenience: http://bit.ly/1sYRYEC
Just a week after the Mount Polley disaster, a copper mine in Mexico spilled 40,000 cubic meters of waste water into area rivers. This is what a nearby waterway looks like after the spill. http://bit.ly/1rrdLnl
Here's a message of solidarity from Romania, to the people of British Columbia, where a dam failure resulted in the spill of 5 million cubic meters of toxic mine waste: http://bit.ly/1krc8re.
Around the world, people are challenging dirty gold.