Ambler Road Alaska

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

I like Rinella's "Gun-toting, conservative, tree hugger" description. I'm 50 years old and I can identify with it more every day I read news like this.

More than 90% of my home state of Iowa has been "modified" to support farming. I've been a registered Republican my entire voting life, but each year it gets harder to commit. The GOP has had majorities in the Iowa House and Senat for years now, and they've done nothing but encourage further destruction of what's left of the habitat in this state while turning a blind eye at erosion and pesticide, nutrient, and bacteria runoff. The waters in this state are poisoned and only getting worse.

On habitat, preventable environmental issues, and conservation, there seems to be more common ground with moderate democrats and independents than the Republican establishment these days. If this road and the mineral deal were US initiatives and the US would be the sole benefactors, I may be able to support it. But how is this project putting America first?

 

[Pony Soldier]

The saddest part of our existance is that we have resources yet over my lifetime we have lowered the standards on metals and other things until industry can't exist inside the US and we have forced critical components into the hands of our enemies. We need modern smelters and refineries in places we can manage the environmental changes. The only places we have proper inventory of elements is where we allow companies to develop solutions.

I pointed out to the USFS that portions of the volcanic outcrops yielded extensive amounts of mercury. The response was they had no interest unless there was a potential responsible party (prp). The mercury was and is natural. FWP have a warning on consumption of fish may be poisoness.

A single test out of Couer d'alene showed metal loading in adult fish in the head, skin and guts. Most metal testing in fish is done by blending minnows with no differenciation of body parts.

Cleanup of the environment from over 100 years of our past during a total lack of technology is entirely differant than new operations with todays technology other than the stupidity of government ruling of one size fits all.