Conservationist: God Better than Man at Making Wetlands

"God has a better track record than man does" at making lakes, streams and wetlands, says Rob Cadmus, Water Quality Organizer for the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council. The SEACC suffered a setback today as the Supreme Court allowed Coeur Alaska to proceed with its mining operations that will destroy a nearby lake. (0:10)
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Mine Jobs Could Be Created Without Harming Environment, Alaska Conservationists Say

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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"A miscarriage of justice" for Senator Ted Stevens

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Ken Boehm believes that justice has been miscarried in the case of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. Today the Department of Justice dropped charges of wrongdoing against the Stevens, after a drawn out legal battle concerning financial disclosure. Boehm, chairman of the watchdog group the National Legal and Policy Center, said that because the Justice Department failed in its handling of the case, an elected official is not going to be brought to justice after violating the public trust.

Boehm, a former prosecutor, stated how the Department of Justice sould have done it differently.

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