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Putting a Price on Pollution

Financial Assurance for Mine Reclamation and Closure

Jim Kuipers, 3/18/2003

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Wassa District, Ghana

"People have lost their clean drinking water and their livelihood as they can no longer sell or eat produce from their farms through which the river runs."

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Behind Gold's Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions

There has always been an element of madness to gold's allure.

Golden Gamble in Grass Valley: A Legacy of Risk

At the Idaho-Maryland Mine, up to four tons of ore would have to be processed to produce one ounce of gold. But the steps taken to scrape together that ounce pose what scientists call two of the mining industry's biggest environmental risks: cyanide contamination and acid mine drainage.

A High Regard for the Earth

David Maisel's Aerial Photos Re-Survey the Boundaries Between Ugly and Beautiful