Action Alerts

Action Alerts

September 7th, 2011 |

Anonymous

Local and Minnesota Actions

ALERT: SAVE Minnesota’s natural Wild Rice from mining pollution -- hold up permits for mining expansions and new mines until the MPCA ensures our lakes, rivers and streams will be protect as required by the federal Clean Water Act and other clean-water regulations.

Wild Rice Sulfate Standard, Water Quality Regulations assaulted in the MN Legislature.

Read the Star Tribune's July 27th article, "New budget means delay settling water quality issue important for wild rice beds."

Minnesota’s state grain, Wild Rice (manoomin) is under attack by the mining industry in state rulemaking, in court, and in the Legislature. You can take actions above. You can also download and print the Save Wild Rice flyer, Wild Rice Sulfate Facts, and Wild Rice Protection Postcard to Governor Dayton.

Circulate the "NO Sulfide Mining" PETITION (download and print) ... because there is no evidence that it can be done safely in Minnesota's water-intense environment.

Virtually everyplace in the world that sulfide rock has been distrubed to extract metallic minerals, it has produced acid mine drainage and polluted the water. These include some of the largest U.S. Superfund sites, costing taxpayers millions of dollars for clean-up attempts. Because it has not been proven safe to mine sulfide ores in Minnesota, if you believe permitting agencies should not issue a non-ferrous permit to mine to PolyMet or any other company at this time, act now.

You can print or download, circulate and return the petition requesting "State and Federal authorities deny any permits for sulfide mining that threaten Minnesota’s water or natural resources.", because they have not provided adequate proof that it can and will be done safely in Minnesota.

National Actions

TAKE ACTION: Fix rules to require reporting by the mining industry, the LARGEST emitter of toxic chemicals.
Your help is needed to make sure that citizens know what toxic chemicals are being released; how much is released; and where that pollution is going. Please write the EPA and ask them to improve how the metal mining industry reports their chemicals under the TRI program.

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