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Mesabi Misadventures Blog
November 7, 2009
The Friends of the Boundary Waters have recently begun touting their new anti-mining video that they have produced in response to the freshly released PolyMet Mining EIS. As my own response to the PolyMet EIS, I have decided to break my writing block and begin a short series in support of PolyMet.
Give me a voice. A voice to stand up and defend attacks upon my character and the character of my mining colleagues.
Give me a chance. A chance to show that I value Mother Nature and the resources she has provided, both renewable and non.
Give me a moment. A moment to illustrate all that has changed in mining technologies within the past ten years.
Give me a open-mind. An open-mind that is willing to accept that this isn't an epic battle between the good guys and the bad.
Give me a fair playing field. Recognize that many who could speak in favor of PolyMet are not granted the opportunity.
Give me fair word-play. I am a "friend" of the Boundary Waters just like I am a "pro-life" pro-choicer.
Give me fair solutions. Metals are needed (even for green projects) so provide engineering solutions that are economically feasible.
Give me global fairness. Mining will either happen here or elsewhere; Minnesota has regulations to ensure workers and waters are kept safe.
Give me honesty. Most PolyMet employees are long-term residents of Minnesota watersheds, not Canadian. They are your neighbors.
Give me a break. "Sulfide mining" is inflammatory and misleading. Please call it what it is or risk your credibility - Cu/Ni/PPG mining.
Give me credit. Rangers are more intelligent than outsiders like to think. They are also the ones actually living downstream.
Give me balance. If someone says Dunka is "screwed up royally," then the reporter should ask if they have ever set foot at Dunka.*
Give me science, not emotion.
Give me facts, not fears.
Give me solutions, not problems.
Give PolyMet and Minnesota a chance to become global leaders in environmentally responsible mining.
