Comments on: The Pending Pebble Mine Disaster Hits LA Times Radar http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/ Fly Fishing the Upper Sacramento River : Tom Chandler's Fly Fishing Life : Fly Rods are the Measure of Life Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:02:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tom Chandler http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/comment-page-1/#comment-38117 Tom Chandler Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:37:43 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/#comment-38117 Cody: Pretty sure Les was being sarcastic. At least I hope so... Cody: Pretty sure Les was being sarcastic. At least I hope so…

]]> By: Cody http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/comment-page-1/#comment-38101 Cody Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:28:03 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/#comment-38101 Hey Les! Have you actually ever been to where Northern Dynasty is proposing to build their toxic waste dump of a mine? If so, then you clearly have no no sympathy for the thousands of fishermen and process workers who will be JOBLESS if Northern Dynasty is allowed to build Pebble Mine. As a Bristol Bay fisherman, I have seen the proposed mine site, and I know what will be directly affected if this monstrosity is allowed into being. By the way, have you ever seen what cyanide does to a living body? Hey Les! Have you actually ever been to where Northern Dynasty is proposing to build their toxic waste dump of a mine? If so, then you clearly have no no sympathy for the thousands of fishermen and process workers who will be JOBLESS if Northern Dynasty is allowed to build Pebble Mine. As a Bristol Bay fisherman, I have seen the proposed mine site, and I know what will be directly affected if this monstrosity is allowed into being. By the way, have you ever seen what cyanide does to a living body?

]]> By: Pebble Mine Video Wins Drake Award; Stands Out From Others : The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/comment-page-1/#comment-14078 Pebble Mine Video Wins Drake Award; Stands Out From Others : The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:51:27 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/#comment-14078 [...] only a three minute trailer from Felt Soul Media, but it nicely sums up the looming battle over the huge Bristol Bay salmon fisheries — what could becoome one of the pivotal environmental battles of our [...] [...] only a three minute trailer from Felt Soul Media, but it nicely sums up the looming battle over the huge Bristol Bay salmon fisheries — what could becoome one of the pivotal environmental battles of our [...]

]]> By: kbarton10 http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/comment-page-1/#comment-12234 kbarton10 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:32:34 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/#comment-12234 The Grasberg mine in Papua, New Guinea is the largest such open pit mine in the world. Gold and copper are the primary minerals. Want to see a moonscape in a rainforest? http://faculty.kutztown.edu/friehauf/indonesia/grasberg.html The Grasberg mine in Papua, New Guinea is the largest such open pit mine in the world. Gold and copper are the primary minerals. Want to see a moonscape in a rainforest?

http://faculty.kutztown.edu/friehauf/indonesia/grasberg.html

]]> By: Tom Chandler http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/comment-page-1/#comment-12203 Tom Chandler Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:05:15 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/#comment-12203 <p>One of the tribal leaders opposed to the project said "You can't eat gold." True.</p> <p>By way of contrast, the head of the mining company said that the project was destined to last 50-80 years, and had the potential to "eradicate poverty" in the area "forever."</p> <p>His definition of forever lacks a little in the way of long-term vision; a half century of profits (leaving the area and flowing to corporate headquarters) isn't quite the same as several hundreds (even thousands) of years of toxic leftovers poisoning one of richest sustainable food sources on the planet...</p> One of the tribal leaders opposed to the project said “You can’t eat gold.” True.

By way of contrast, the head of the mining company said that the project was destined to last 50-80 years, and had the potential to “eradicate poverty” in the area “forever.”

His definition of forever lacks a little in the way of long-term vision; a half century of profits (leaving the area and flowing to corporate headquarters) isn’t quite the same as several hundreds (even thousands) of years of toxic leftovers poisoning one of richest sustainable food sources on the planet…

]]> By: Les Cinnamon http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/comment-page-1/#comment-12201 Les Cinnamon Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:20:41 +0000 http://troutunderground.com/2007/09/01/the-pending-pebble-mine-disaster-hits-la-times-radar/#comment-12201 Who needs fish? Who needs scenery, who need drinking water. Go for the gold, that is our tradition. Who needs fish? Who needs scenery, who need drinking water. Go for the gold, that is our tradition.

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