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Jun222009
Mine Jobs Could Be Created Without Harming Environment, Alaska Conservationists Say
Matthew S. Schwartz
Jay Cadmus of the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council says his organization worked extensively with Coeur Alaska to find a waste disposal system that would have provided jobs and while not harming the environment, but Coeur ultimately backed a system that will destroy a lake. The Supreme Court today allowed Coeur to proceed with its mining operations.
"Those jobs at the Kensington mine could be provided without having to use a lake as a tailings storage facility," Cadmus said. "In my mind it's not a question of jobs; it's a question of how one cares for the environment. And we feel that if someone's going to use a public resource like our clean water, they need to be held to a very high standard." (0:59)
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"Those jobs at the Kensington mine could be provided without having to use a lake as a tailings storage facility," Cadmus said. "In my mind it's not a question of jobs; it's a question of how one cares for the environment. And we feel that if someone's going to use a public resource like our clean water, they need to be held to a very high standard." (0:59)
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