Minimizing Harm: ; Groups Want Responsible Mining
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By Jim Waggy  THE MAY 16 commentary by Steve Roberts and Kenny Perdue was an attempt to kill the messenger of bad tidings.
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Some believe that simpler rules may be more effective than computer models when it comes to protecting the environment.
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BOULDER, Colo. -- Like the adage here on Earth, so goes it for Mars: One person's junk is another's gold mine -- in this case, charred and busted up pieces of a heat shield.
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SYLVESTER, W., Virginia  - Mike Vaught sounds about as comfortable about coal mining as you'd hope a man tasked to rescue others from deep within the earth would be.
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Do the right thing -- for humanity and your heirs' wallets.
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The successful cleanup of mine tailings in American Fork Canyon is being touted as an example of what can happen elsewhere in the West if public/private partnerships can be achieved.
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U.S. coal mining companies, which for years have been branded the bad guys of global warming, are fighting back.
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Future space explorers might bring back more than just pictures from their excursions -- they could mine the planets for profit. By Mark Baard.
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Yes, it's dirt-cheap and will mobilize people throughout the developing world. And that is exactly why it poses a threat to the environment and global energy supplies.
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KHEWRA, Pakistan -- At Asia's oldest salt mine, the march of technology stopped generations ago. Bare-chested laborers use hand drills and gunpowder to blast away the pink and orange rock crystal, lucky if they earn a couple of dollars a day.
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By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Mar. 3--Environmental groups say Ohio should do more to protect poor and minority communities from pollution and are asking residents of those neighborhoods for help.
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Newmont Mining Corporation, the world's biggest gold producer, has been trailed by allegations of pollution.
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NAIROBI : Much has been done to rid the world of landmines since a ban was born in 1997, but major challenges, many of them financial, must be overcome to wipe the devices off the planet, a conference in Nairobi heard.
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A study conducted by Indonesia's Environment Ministry has determined that Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. did not pollute the waters near its gold mine in North Sulawesi province despite complaints from villagers that they had been sickened by waste dumped in the bay near where they live.
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GOLDEN, COLORADO -- Any high hopes of sustaining expeditions on the Moon, Mars or beyond will depend on getting &quot;down and dirty&quot; on those worlds -- in the form of using on-the-spot resources.
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By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 19--City government leaders plan to develop an inventory of the community's natural resources to protect the most valuable from development.
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