Quote of the day:
The Appalachians have become something of a “national sacrifice area” to meet coal needs, said Tierra Curry, a biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity.
Coal:
- Regulation – Obama’s gift to the mining industry. Coal regulator nominee decried as too industry-friendly. (Institute for Southern Studies)
- Appalachia – Enviro groups tread lightly with Endangered Species Act (NYT)
Hardrock:
- Africa – Tanzania – Tanzania to Table Mining Laws in October, Take Stakes in Mines (Bloomberg)
- Africa – Tanzania – Reforms will cut the ground from under mining sector (The East African)
- Asia – China – Rio Tinto – China seems to retract claim against Rio Tinto (NYT)
- N. America – U.S. – Colorado – Ore from last uranium boom still scattered on Colorado land (Durango Herald)
- N. America – U.S. – Idaho – ASARCO/Triumph mine – Feds to pay Idaho $1M to settle mining lawsuit
- S. America – Columbia and Ecuador: Two Different Countries, Two Mining Futures (Council on Hemispheric Affairs)
Tar sands:
- Alberta Clipper – The tar sands pipeline and Obama’s carbon commitments (Financial Times)
- Boreal Forest – Northern forest vulnerable to oilsands emissions (CBC)
- Tailings Ponds – Episode #6: Alberta Tar Sands & Tailing Ponds (CBC Radio One – The Current)
