“Some places you just have to say no. That the risks are too high, that we can’t engineer and we can’t mitigate our way out of the mess that we’re about to (more…)
Rapu-Rapu Minerals refutes allegations vs mining operations
The jury’s out on this one. Rapu-Rapu’s owners can probably do what they want as long as turn a profit, but I doubt they’ll ever have the backing of the other island residents after their insidious sea urchin ploy, even if they are complying with every regulation in the book. Waste production and storage has [...]
Rapu-Rapu mining resumes under Korean operators
AS mining operations resume in Rapu-Rapu, Albay, a fact-finding mission commissioned by various environment groups is now verifying reports of marine pollution and degradation in one of the country’s richest marine habitats and diving sites.
The International Solidarity Mission (ISM) hopes to uncover fresh reports related to the resumption of mining operations by a Korean-owned firm [...]
Tour calls Pebble promises into question
Salmon, gold, subsistence and scared are words that mean much to me. Here’s why. I recently traveled to Nevada to see firsthand what mines leave in their wake. I was one in a group of 10 tribal members from various Bristol Bay communities who made the journey. My home village of Pedro Bay on Lake [...]