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Ralph Silberstein: Rise Gold is responsible for ongoing Idaho-Maryland Mine pollution

Contaminated water containing unsafe levels of Arsenic, Lead, Barium, Chromium, and other hazardous metals is continuously draining out...

The Fight Against the Mine - Letter and Article Collection

Download a PDF to see a collection of over 265 letters to the editor and almost 100 articles published during the fight against the mine....

John Vaughan: George Boardman May Need To Do Better Homework

Local resident, John Vaughan takes issue with a Union columnist's February 6 opinion piece about the Mine. George Boardman: Supervisors’...

John Vaughan: Rise Gold’s corporate culture — Lawyers, lawyers and more lawyers

It appears that an element of Rise’s Corporate Culture is a willingness to use threats of legal action to get their way. This opinion...

Robert Hubbard: Unanswered Questions about the Idaho-Maryland Mine

Given the history of Rise Gold's CEO and the company itself, two key questions remain that cast significant doubt on the entire venture....

CEA Foundation Opinion: Just say no - The mine can’t be fixed

Supervisors will make the final vote in October. The unavoidable reality is... you can’t fix this project. It sits in the middle of a...

Barbara Larsen: Rise folks out of touch

This local resident was puzzled by the constant flow of Cadillac Black SUVs circling the parking lot at the County's public hearing for...

Mike Pasner: Water problem

This local farmer notes that when the mine fails in their testing, poisoned water will go through canals and reservoirs. There are many...

CEA Foundation Opinion: If certified, the Mine EIR will haunt us

Why did County staff recommending denial of the mine project but approval of the EIR? Only denying the Mine and the EIR will defeat it...

Margaret Burks: Pause and imagine the mine in full operation

This local resident reflects that "Mitigation is the trade-off: we'll do 'this' good thing to offset 'that' bad thing." "The bad thing...

Mack Shaver: Vote against reopening the Idaho Maryland Mine

Local resident and former National Park Service Superintendent watched the boom and bust of the oil shale economy in North Dakota. The...

Charles Brock: County Policy - existing development shall be protected...

Nevada County's General Plans says that already existing development shall be protected from adverse environmental effects caused by...

Jim Bair: Opportunity to head off a major threat to our County

"What is the worst thing that could happen to us in Western Nevada County? One threat that has been completely consuming over the past...

Don Rivenes: Idaho-Maryland Mine greenhouse gas emissions are significant

"The EIR for the mine fails to correctly identify a valid threshold for GHG emissions by assuming an outdated 10,000 Ton threshold...

David Briceno: Negative aspects of proposed mine considered

"Putting gold back into “Gold Country” seems favorably nostalgic, but has unforeseen far-reaching repercussions. Is the town prepared to...

Peter Burnes: Enough gold for 600 years

"The World Gold Council says there is about 208,874 metric tonnes of gold already above ground, [largely] sitting in vaults, doing...

Gianna Setoudeh: California can’t afford the Idaho-Maryland Mine

"Reopening a toxic mine with significant environmental impacts for the benefit of very few is simply not a risk worth taking,...

Marion Blair: Reopening the Idaho Maryland Mine will not bring hope for the earth

"It is our responsibility and honor to provide the ethics of care and guardianship to this land. Prioritizing profit over sustainability...

George Olive: Add a voice to 'No' on the mine

Please commit to involvement, first by imagining a noisy, messy, incompatible mine in operation in our quiet, small town; and second by...

Concerned Citizens Roundtable: Idaho-Maryland Mine propaganda vs. the truth

Rise Grass Valley’s advertising boasts the mine’s “minimal environmental impacts.” That’s like saying the Donner Party suffered only ants...

Bob Hubbard: Three gold mining stories tell different tales

Rise Gold wants approval for their project, so they tell three main stories: One about jobs, another about economics, and a third about...

Peter N. Brewer: Supervisors, do not be hoodwinked by the dazzling but false claims by Rise Gold

This concerned resident asks County Supervisors to deny Rise Gold and instead focus on shepherding us into the 21st century with fitting...

Opinion - David Brownstein: Mining Misinformation

Local community member, David Brownstein, hopes our County Supervisors can sort out fact from fiction. I have long been concerned about...

SYRCL: California can’t afford the Idaho-Maryland Mine

The Idaho-Maryland Mine is in direct conflict with not only local climate goals and initiatives, including the County’s own General Plan,...

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