Wisconsin's mining standoff | Fault Lines
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- čas přidán 30. 09. 2014
- Environmentalists align with local tribes to stop the development of an open-pit taconite mine in the Penokee Mountains.
A proposal to dig what could be one of North America's largest open pit iron mines in northern Wisconsin pits corporate interests against a coalition of tribes and local residents.
This mine is totally different than the underground mines.
This mine totally destroys the area.
A resident
On March 11, 2013, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed legislation that rewrote the state's iron mining laws, paving the way for Gogebic Taconite (GTAC) to dig a $1.5bn open-pit mine in the pristine woods of the Penokee mountain range.
The mine, which could eventually reach 35km (22 miles) in length, provoked an immediate standoff.
On one side is GTAC and its supporters anxious for jobs in an area with unemployment double the national average.
On the other stand the tribes, residents, and political leaders intent on preserving the land and protecting the water from contamination.
Fault Lines follows the unfolding battle on the ground and traces the way money and power have influenced the laws that will determine whether and how this mine gets built. - Zábava
As someone who lives and works in Wisconsin, I think we really need to strike a balance where a mining company needs to pay up front for reclamation prior to opening a mine, and reclamation should begin before mining is complete. Some of us really want productive, good paying jobs, but we're willing to make compromises to ensure the longevity of our beautiful state, and consider the concerns of locals and wildlife.
Although I'd rather dig closer to the cities in so far as that is practical. Maybe there's iron ore under all the closed Kmart stores?
I know this is an old video but mining near cities is not a good idea due to earthquake triggers.
Fairly good documentary although I wish they could have visited a community in Michigan Or Minnestota that has mining for our prospective. I have clean water I live a mile from and work in an iron mine.... The environmentalists didn't kill the gtac mine iron ore prices did and when they rebound as they always do they will be back there....
And I hope you love the barren wasteland you are leaving to future generations. I've seen the lunar landscapes left by some of these operations and I am not sure why you want to damage other natural places for the short-term sake of iron ore.
13:23 For details on the problem that are not rooted in spirits or other such nonsense.
Why is it nonsense? Is Jesus Christ nonsense also? Because that's what you're insinuating.
Gave their land to the United States??? Are you serious??
Instead of Mining Fresh Iron, Smelt all the Weapons of the military and put them to good use !
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