In the Spotlight
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Press Releases
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Read our recent press releases and review the archive to read about past developments.
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Walmart not complying with the Golden Rules in their Love, Earth jewelry |
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January 12, 2011
GBRW, Earthworks, and the Western Shoshone Defense Project call out Walmart for not complying with the No Dirty Gold campaign's Golden Rules, which Walmart signed in 2007! View our Press Release and Letter to Walmart. |
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Threats to Nevada Wildlands, Cultural Sites, and Jobs Prompt Legal Challenge of Ruby Gas Pipeline |
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Monday September 13, 2010
Our coalition with Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife files suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), challenging the approval of the pipeline without conducting a thorough environmental review of its potential harm to water, public and tribal lands, and wildlife. Read the Press Release Here! |
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International Day of Action against Open Pit Mining |
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Great Basin Resource Watch is passing along the information contained in this release so that people become aware of very serious impacts to indigenous peoples potentially due to mining in other parts of the world.
Download and view our the Press Release Here. |
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BLM only gives partial OK to Gas Pipeline Route. Groups propose alternate route to lessen impacts, creat more jons in Nevada. |
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July 26, 2010. Great Basin Resource Watch sends out a shared press release with the Sierra Club urging for an alternate route for the Ruby Gas Pipeline Project.
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Western Shoshone Prevail at Ninth Circuit Court on Mt. Tenabo |
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December 3, 2009: San Francisco,CA and Crescent Valley, NV – In a major ruling, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today issued its ruling enjoining the construction and operation of the Cortez Hills gold mine, proposed by Barrick Gold Corporation.
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GBMW Commends Governor on Yerington Decision
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Great Basin Mine Watch commends the Governor Guinn on the Yerrington Mine Decision and on agreeing to cede authority to the EPA. [12.11.04] |
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Groups Stake Mining Claim |
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Groups stake mining claim next to Reno's Peavine subdivision. The claim demonstrates the threat of mining on Reno-area public lands. |
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'Memory Loss' Billboard Highlights Mercury Health Threat |
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Reno Billboard Urges Nevada's Mining Industry To Cut Its Mercury Emissions |
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>Take the Toxic Tour and learn more about how our communities are being impacted by mining in our own back yards.
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