Let there be holes in the ground, part two

October 1, 2014

Thus spake Mike

Let there be holes in the ground!

September 5, 2014

Thus spake Mike

Forever is a really long time

August 11, 2014

It’s even longer than 500 years

Hiring more dingoes as babysitters

August 7, 2014

Many of you already know about the catastrophic — which seems almost too mild a word, under the circumstances — copper/nickel/gold tailings dam collapse in British Columbia. But if you haven’t, according to the Vancouver Observer, the Mount Polley mine’s tailings dam failed, and “dumped five million cubic metres of toxic waste near the Quesnel and Cariboo Rivers.” Oh, how […]

When the going gets tough

July 11, 2014

The senior mining companies take a powder

Those darn kids are just in over their heads

June 6, 2014

And kids, get off our damn lawn

Where the [blank] did this come from?

May 30, 2014

The DFL turns its lonely eyes look to you, Ken

Who knew, Klobuchar, Franken and Nolan support Polymet mining

March 19, 2014

The idea was conservation by preservation

Dr. Pangloss goes to work for PolyMet

March 14, 2014

And he’s been lecturing the media

Uh, Minnesota, about that bag you’re holding, part two

February 25, 2014

Last time, I promised more information about the State of Minnesota’s gaping holes in its regulatory scheme for sulfide mining. I hinted at one of them: inadequate provision for protecting the public — not just the state — from the harm of mining activity. Before continuing, however, I feel compelled to point out some of the vessels […]

Uh, Minnesota, about that bag you’re holding

February 24, 2014

It’s really two bags

Lots of Shareholder Value

The Weekly Wrap 2-23

February 23, 2014

♣ Another Minnesota legislator has announced her retirement: Longtime Republican state Rep. Mary Liz Holberg, a conservative leader on privacy, budget and other issues, announced Saturday morning that she would not run for a ninth term. Holberg represented house district 58A, centered in Lakeville. 58A is an R+11 district according to hPVI, so most of […]