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Rules have changed, miners say; neighbors, environmentalists wary

October 20, 2011. RGJ: "http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110210345"

Mining has a conflicted history in Mason Valley. While it has provided steady work from 1915 to 1978, the land was left with an open scar after mining operations ceased--the massive Yerington pit. It's about a mile long, 800 feet deep and half full of water.

 
The new copper run: Yerington mining plans could bring hundreds of jobs

October 17, 2011. RGJ: "http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110160377"

Yerington looks a little rough around the edges. The small city with a population of about 3,000, the Lyon County sister city to Fernley, could be the poster-child town of rural Nevada for the state's ongoing recession, considered the worst in state history.

 
Mt. Tenabo on Trial

October 06, 2011. Associated Press: "Tribe battles BLM over Nev. gold mine in US court"

RENO, Nev. — Lawyers for environmentalists and several Nevada tribes urged a federal judge Thursday to keep in place restrictions from a 2009 court order that blocks the expansion of a gold mine at the base of a mountain that some Western Shoshone consider sacred.

 
Yerington Anaconda Mine

February 15, 2011. Associated Press: "Toxic Nevada mine lawsuit seeks $5M from BP, ARCO"

RENO, Nev. -- Neighbors of a toxic mine in northern Nevada have filed a class-action lawsuit against BP America and Atlantic Richfield Co. accusing them of intentionally and negligently concealing the extent of the contamination leaking off the abandoned site for decades.

 
Nevada Legislature

High Time to End this Gift to the Mining Industry.  February 16, 2011.  Las Vegas Sun: "Line of questioning a bad sign for mining industry" Senate Bill 86 to revise Eminent Domain Law

 
 
Energy by the People - A CLEAN Nevada initiative

CLEAN (Clean Local Energy Accessible Now) - Nevada

Developing Nevada's economy, promoting energy independence for all Nevadans, protecting property rights, and creating jobs. The clean, renewable energy that will be developed through CLEAN Nevada is a smart investment in Nevada’s future.

CLEAN Nevada will spur the development of (transition to) clean energy across Nevada by enabling all Nevadans to participate in and benefit from the installation of clean renewable energy systems on homes, businesses, apartments, condos, and farms across our state.

It is a smart, innovative investment in clean energy and energy independence for all Nevadans.

We believe that nothing short of an energy revolution is needed to address America's dirty energy dilemma, and that we stand at a crossroads; one road leading to possible disaster, the other pointing to a renewable energy society.  The thrust of our work in energy is facilitation of distributed and “community-owned” renewable electrical production on “brownfields,” already developed and disturbed lands, to offset the need for large-scale production on undeveloped lands.

 

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Protect the precious Water at Mt. Tenabo 
from Barrick's gold mine
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Protect Sensitive Habitat and Native American cultural sites from the    
Proposed Ruby Gas Pipeline
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In Reality, Love Earth Mines Do Not Glitter

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