GRIP Wins Its Five Year Fight Against Chino Mine's Dilution Plan Proposal

June 26 , 2008 - Silver City, NM - - The Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP), represented by the Law Center, has settled their appeal of Chino Mine's proposal to dilute its contaminated waste water with clean groundwater rather than use more effective treatment technology.

Freeport-McMoRan, parent company of the Chino Mine, has agreed to use an advanced form of reverse osmosis to remove metals and sulfates from the wastewater the mine will produce for hundreds of years after mining stops. This win will save 9000 acre-feet of clean groundwater annually.

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Learn More About How Oil and Gas Drilling Affects Local Economies

June 19, 2008 - On May 20th, 2008 we and our friends Conservation Voters New Mexico and Common Ground United, hosted a public education event focusing on the future of oil and gas drilling in New Mexico. The speakers included Lance Astrella, oil and gas attorney from Denver who represents individuals and municipalities; Dr. Theo Colborn, an environmental health analyst; and Ben Alexander, socio-economist at Headwaters Economics in Montana.

Visit the Headwaters website and view the Socioeconomic Profile for your county. See economic trends for the last 30 years and decide for yourself whether oil and gas drilling is the economic boon industry proponents often say.

Law Center Makes History in Federal Court May 13, 2008 - For the first time in United States history, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was challenged in Federal appeals court for its approval of a source materials license for an in situ leach uranium mine. Law Center Staff Attorney Eric Jantz presented oral arguments on May 12 to a panel of Federal judges in Denver asking that the NRC decision to allow mining be set aside.

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