Mine Opponent's View: Flambeau Mine Gives Us A Reason To Protect The Earth

Gogebic’s proposed mine site is 110 miles northeast of Ladysmith, Wis., where from 1993 to 1997 Kennecott Minerals took 181,000 tons of copper, 103 tons of silver and more than 10 tons of gold from its open pit Flambeau Mine. By 2007, reclamation efforts had covered 149 of the 181 acres of the site. By contrast, the first phase of Gogebic’s mining operation will focus on a 4½-by-1½-mile site, covering 4,320 acres. That’s almost 24 times the size of the Flambeau mine.
Kennecott and Gogebic are incapable of being objective about whether they have or will harm the environment. They will not experience a conversion and befriend the Earth. They will invariably support rules favoring destroy-as-you-go industries that operate within the comfort zone of a diminish-as-you-go society.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/222576/