Comments on: EPA Warns Pebble Mine Would Harm Alaska’s Salmon

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:12:00 +0000

Due to recent advances in oil and gas well drilling technology, it is at least technically feasible to drill out almost any underground resource from under almost any surface resource with minimal disturbance to the surface, just a maybe house-sized drilling pad from which many wells are drilled in many directions. It should also be possible to separate what comes out of the well as drilling mud into the sought after resource, several by-products including raw material for construction products like bricks and mortar mix, and some really toxic nasty stuff we don’t know how to make good use of which needs to be stored safely out of harm’s way. The taxpayers need to provide a warehouse for nasty stuff that needs to be stored out of harm’s way. The bottom of an old strip mine that has already had all the ore removed might be a good place for such a warehouse. Sale of by-products might at least defray some of the expense of separating drilling mud into its components.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:59:00 +0000

I couldn’t write to my Senators about saving pintail ducks from the destruction of wetlands by relinking a requirement for conservation practices to federally subsidized insurance against crop failure, because I already did earlier. Don’t the required conservation measures also make conditions better for the crops in the fields and thus reduce the risk of crop failure? Many insurance firms have loss prevention and engineering departments that figure out what causes losses that they insure against and urge their insureds to manage risks so as to cut down on the chances of losses occurring. This loss prevention benefits both the insured and the insurance firm.

By: Rexellen08

Rexellen08 — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:45:00 +0000

We better get proactive when it comes to environmental protection! If not, we will be so sorry we didn’t act sooner!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:37:00 +0000

Out of sight, out of mind. Perhaps there are some industrial companies left, that adhere to the principal of good stewardship of the land, but it seems that they have gone into hiding today. Cutting corners, to save a few $$$, is what we are treated to as S.O.P. when it comes to mineral removal. One only has to look around the west to see what mining has done and what is left over. It seems that today, companies are hell bent to extract, then leave the mess for someone else when they quit. That someone else, is the government/taxpayer, who didn’t profit from all the $$$ produced. Because of the remoteness, the mine[s] should be prohibited.