Costs Mount in Rock Quarry Quarrel ; Group Contests San Pedro Permit
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By LEE ROSS Mountain View Telegraph  A rummage sale, a rock quarry and a costly court case are all part of an ongoing dispute between San Pedro Rock and an East Mountains neighborhood association.
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JOHANNESBURG : A battle over a hostile takeover bid to create the world&#39;s largest gold mining group has spilled over into court, with Gold Fields Limited (GFI) accusing rival Harmony of being in breach of South African criminal laws.
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LA INDIA, Nicaragua  - In a dim and dangerous  tunnel lit only by the flicker of candles, Juan Laguna and four  other children toil with rusty pick-axes to loosen chunks of  rock they hope will yield at least a little bit of gold.
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When a man removed an eight-ton rock from the Ohio River, those on the opposite bank objected.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Supporters of Bolivian President Evo Morales clashed on Tuesday with anti-government protesters who accuse him of trying to deprive the opposition of a voice in the drafting of a new constitution, local media reported.
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By JUDY O'ROURKE\\ Staff Writer  SANTA CLARITA -- A local environmental group that is fighting a planned industrial park project in Newhall asked the city Thursday to reconsider a recycling facility that would be the first project built there.
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By Sally Connell, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 17--Even as the project to ship water from Nacimiento Lake to homes and businesses in the North County and San Luis Obispo is nearing construction, some property owners are resisting plans to lay the pipeline across their land.
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By Associated Press  LEHI -- An official is calling it a "water war." Two Utah County communities are claiming their supplies will be diminished if the state allows new wells to be drilled by Salt Lake County-based water agencies.
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Workers at Mexico's biggest copper mine went on strike Friday over a dispute with the mine's operator, Grupo Mexico SA, about the value of a payment the company had promised to workers in 1989.
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A battle over a hostile takeover bid to create the world&#39;s largest gold mining group has spilled over into court, with Gold Fields Limited (GFI) accusing rival Harmony of being in breach of South African criminal laws.
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By Sanne Specht, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.  Mar. 1--Opponents of the Opp Mine painted a picture of environmental  pollution, property destruction and community demise for Jackson County  commissioners on Wednesday.    More than 75 people attended the three-hour public hearing.
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By Erica Meltzer, Arizona Daily Star  Two area environmental groups have appealed a county decision to renew Brush Ceramic Products' air-quality permit.
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Despite some residents' determination to rebuild in La Conchita, Calif., which has had two massive mudslides in the past 10 years, they may not be allowed to do so.
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By TANIA SOUSSAN For the Journal A six-year battle over a patch of southern New Mexico known as Otero Mesa took a turn recently with calls from the state's congressional delegation for a moratorium on oil and gas development.
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By Tim Ellis, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Work at a Corona de Tucson-area limestone quarry will begin Sept. 18, according to an official with the company that bought the mine and surrounding land.
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By Danielle Sottosanti, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 14--Oro Valley's Town Council on Wednesday night will consider drastically increasing water-connection fees for new homes and businesses -- a move that has for months been the center of controversy between the town and developers.
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ESPINAR, Peru  - Two years ago, 2,000 people in this small town in the Peruvian Andes stormed the offices of the Tintaya copper mine, demanding its owners spend more money on social projects and the environment.