WildEarth Guardians spokesperson to Craig: “tough ####"

Advancing Colorado ^ | Jul 16, 2015 | Advancing Colorado

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DENVER

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We have become so “good” that we can no longer protect ourselves from bad people.

Life should be very dangerous for these whackadoodles, and it’s not.

[SierraWasp]

"Jewell will visit Colorado this weekend where she will deliver remarks to the Aspen Institute and go on a rafting expedition. Bowing to public pressure Jewell finally agreed to meet with northwest Colorado county commissioners on Friday."

Sounds exactly like what happened to our timber industry in 1994. The corporate whitewater rafting industry were giving key government officials and their families complementary rafting trips down the Southfork of the American to keep them in line behind the efforts of "Earth Justice" (Sierra Club's litigation predators) and a rogue county supervisor that my friends and I replaced in 1995!!!

We faced the identical disdain and contempt and unmitigated, fervent hatred complete with one timber industry official being letter-bombed to death by Ted Kasinski!!!

[Colorado Doug]

Most of them are probably PRIVLAGED white children, so, no biggie.

there, fixed it for you

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

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[kitchen]

220 people working at Colowyo, some 180 more at the Trapper Mine, and 300 at the power plant, coal is the economic backbone of the region.

Also, the over 200 county residents that work at the Twentymile mine and a good number at the Hayden power plant are on pins and needles for their future. Twentymile has been on a slow decline as their front range deliveries have declined and are expected to end in the next couple years.

That's over a thousand jobs for the Moffat County population of less than 14k - less than 10k being Craig city residents. Every county in Colorado has relied on the local mineral severance taxes to balance their budgets or build a new school, water and waste water project, or government building. Everyone in the state has a stake in this issue.

As an addendum, Moffat County is just slightly larger than the state of Connecticut. It is dead center in the Agenda 21 "Large Predator" corridor. It is the population center of over half the elk in the world, countless mule deer, bear, lion and pronghorn. Also within a couple hours of big horn, goats, moose, and turkey. Fishing's not bad. Varmint population constantly need thinning.

Don't get the idea that this is a paradise; even though you can go ages without running into a liberal, there are some around. Winters see weeks with a high below 0 and lows below minus 40. I've seen snow fall every month but August. Best to check your deck for lions or bears before you open the front door. Can't let your doggie or kitty out unattended lest they become lunch for a coyote or eagle. This can be a hard place to live and it would be even harder if $10,000,000 in wages and benefits disappear.

[kitchen]

So the Judge ruled that the mine study was faulty because it didn't take into account the environmental and health costs of burning coal, and if those are taken into account the permit is void.

The judge applied regulations, not law, that were not in place when the original permitting process was completed. I think there's a Latin phrase for that.

Market principals in this case sounds pretty erudite. Just as an example, would this also make copper mines responsible for Chicago gang banger shooting deaths?

[kitchen]

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[Smokin' Joe]

I have been there. Beautiful country, and since I'm from North Dakota these last few decades, the weather isn't so bad. Yes, there are implications far beyond the immediate loss of 200 paychecks, but those who bring suit to shut down such an operation seldom live or make their living in the areas where they attack principal industries.

Chances are they will be unaffected by even the shock waves that reverberate through the State Budget: in all likely hood, none of those bringing the suit, or a very small minority of front men live in the state at all.

We have seen this when out of State interests ("environmental groups") pushed for a slice of the oil revenues ($300 million per annum) our state (North Dakota) was getting from the oil boom here.

Some local chapters of national organizations and allegedly local environmental organizations helped push for the initiated measure.

Thankfully, the people of the State (overwhelmingly) recognized that not only was that a lot of money which would have been competing with farmers and ranchers for farm and ranch land, but as a fixed number it would have had to be budgeted for if/when the oil activity (and production) slowed down.

The measure was defeated, and I, for one, will never again donate to any of the supposedly hunter-friendly organizations which backed the measure.

The entire West is in the Agenda 21 crosshairs. They decry those of us from flyover country because they fear our independence and capabilities as individuals.

Only by waging economic warfare on us (like the last time the West was 'won'--access limited, and the buffalo killed off) can they prevail, and even then we will last longer than they think.

It is harder to shut off a pile of coal than a pipeline or the power grid, so there is a definite control element as well.

[vpintheak]

That’s pretty much the current administrations attitude towards Americans on pretty much everything. Peas in a pod.