Mining - "no significant environmental effects"?

Does mining really have "no significant environmental effects"? A short video by Alley Crawford with music ("PsychicActive Wind") by Perpetual Dream Theory (www.dreamtheory.net) and Gary Bourgeois. See http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Environment/mining_DVD to order a DVD.

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• mining
• environment
• mine
• gold
• copper
• business
• development

[facundohuidobro]

Realmente un video que solo muestra la vieja minería que se hacía antes y algunas otras imágenes fuera de contexto. La nueva minería es extremadamente exigente en términos de controles ambientales.

[siggurdsson]

Bien interesante que siempre dicen eso mientras vienen replicando las mismas prácticas y los mismos problemas. Donde ha habido mayor avance es en la reducción de la necesidad de la mano de obra, o sea hoy producen mas con menos empleos. Los impactos sobre el medio ambiente y la salud lamentablamente no parecen disminuir.

[siggurdsson]

I like how you define "improve its standard" as "blow big black clouds of smoke". I also appreciate your selfless sacrifice. I wish more people could follow their convictions with action.

[pef286]

Do you want to pay higher prices for things that use things from the ground? It can be as envirementally friendly or unfriendly as you want it. But if you force to much extra costs on the mines they will close and go to third world nations that are worse.

China has over 1000 (or is it over 2000) die in coal mines each year. In the US a few die and it's national news. (as it should) Their is no easy answer.

[siggurdsson]

You're right - the prices we in North America pay for our consumer goods do not include the environmental costs. We should be paying many times more. But I think the idea was to better regulate mining all over the world, not to allow corporations to shop for jurisdictions with lax regulations or corrupt governments just so we can have cheap TVs.

[zurn123]

do you know how much water is wasted to recycle paper? also good point FutsinX

[siggurdsson]

Silly me. Of course, you're right. It's so much better to buy more nice fresh paper and burn or bury the old stuff.

[frogdoondey]

@facundohuidobro Facundo me cago de risa pues en Panama en pleno corazon del corredor biologico mesoamericano harto en biodiversidad, estan habriendo una mina mas de cobre y ya hay una de oro! Y ya hubo un derrame de cianuro, y hay carreteras por todos lados y el lodo a eliminado todo pez de los rios!

A mi me parece la misma mierda de siempre presentada con nuevas palabras!

[SidVanRyswyk]

Man! I've got goosebumps, not from the slide show but from the music... Awesome!

[notmebut1]

this can Happen to Igiugig if they let them in for Gold

[leosimta]

its okay for u to support mining until they start doing to your own beautiful land....they're trying to start mining on my beautiful island Great Barrier Island in New Zealand....My people are against it and I'm against it....this mining will affect our way life down there....so miners can piss off....us kiwi's live off this land and we don't need bureau crats trying to bribe us with money....I DON'T CARE WHAT ANY BODY SAYS....mining is no good...

[rcsupercubbuilder]

you know what surprises me? That greeny peoples never look down at there shoes and realize that there shoes were pumped out of the ground on an oil rig. Then whats your car made up of????? well lets see, approx 80% is metal mined out of large scale mines. The rest is more oil pumped out of the ground! Until these greenies can come up with a way that has no mining done then the can shut up! By the way i love the idea of , wind turbines, and solar.

[dozer3man]

mining is are life i live not two miles from a surface job i see what they do and they do a good job at putting the land back and give us jobs god you all whats your problom just cause you all ant makeing a $ off of it

[Kokuraz]

I think those sites are very pretty

[bombdia]

Was this video uploaded by telepathy or did you use a computer with metal and plastic products? You know, plastic and metal from MINING? Hypocrite!

[LordPillsbury1959]

Mining causes Global Warming! And Global Warming is bad! And bad is not good! And Good is as good as Gold! And Gold is Mining! And Mining causes Global Warming! Uh, I think I've been here before...uh...where's Al Gore when you need him? Uh...uh...yeah...Global Warming! And look at all the mess these miners are making! It's causing Global Warming! And that makes me mad! Yeah...that's right...Global Warming! Bad & Mad! How much gold did you say? Gold is GOOD! Real Good! Nice to be a miner!