By Randall J. Newsome Of all the lofty promises Rise Gold has churned out over the preceding months, none has been more ballyhooed than the number of jobs the mine would create, and the $94,000 average annual wage they’ll pay. Before anyone runs to get in line for one of these dream jobs, let’s…
By Paul Schwartz There are many development options for the Idaho-Maryland Mine property on Brunswick Road that are better than reopening the mine. Many options are consistent with the Nevada County General Plan and would not require zoning changes, special use permits, or variances that reopening the mine requires. There are many development options…
By Martin Webb After a careful review by the county-chosen contractor based in Sacramento, the citizens and organizations that make up Nevada County can safely say they have been vindicated by the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) recently released to the public regarding the long-shuttered Idaho-Maryland Mine (IMM). The over-1,000-page document contains research, analysis,…
Science doesn’t lie – A true sh*tstorm is on its way, and it’s going to hit red-county Trump voters like the climate change hurricanes just hit Kentucky Thom Hartmann (For the “Daily Audio” of Thom reading this article, available only to paid subscribers, check the “Daily Audio” tab on HartmannReport.com.) Omicron is on its way, and…
By Deni Silberstein Reprinted from The Union with the permission of the author. In a recent Other Voices column, Christian Stewart expressed his opinions about Community Environmental Advocates’ response to Rise Gold’s Centennial cleanup project. CEA spends untold numbers of volunteer hours combing through hundreds of pages of technical documents, teasing out the facts…