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Browse through or search our library of expert and community articles, presentations, and opinion pieces.
The views and opinions expressed here are those of the original creators and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of CEA Foundation or the MineWatch campaign.
Paul Schwartz: Better uses for the Idaho Maryland Mine property
We often get the question "If no mining, then what?" Grass Valley resident Paul Schwarz suggests a plan that enhances our strengths in...
AIR Impacts - Pam Heard - Respiratory Therapist
Special Guest Speaker and Respiratory Therapist, Pam Heard takes a detailed look at Rise Gold's reports as they relate to air pollutants...
MineWatch December Meeting 2021 - AIR Impacts
Special Guest Speaker and Respiratory Therapist, Pam Heard takes a detailed look at Rise Gold's reports as they relate to air pollutants...
Rise Gold Investors Beware: Idaho-Maryland Mine Unlikely Before 2034
Investors often think gold is a safer choice, but even if the stars align, it's unlikely Rise Gold could process their first ounce before...
★ Sharon Delgado and Dianna Suarez: Water more precious than gold
Water is life. It's also a commodity. We pay $50-$70 an acre foot locally for untreated water; while southern Californians buying water...
Richard Blair: Invest in fiber optics, not mine
Nevada County needs more jobs, right? Well, Resident Richard Blair suggests we ride the broadband wave instead of putting an industrial...
Tom J. Behlmer: What Rise Gold’s mailer left out
Rise Gold's recent mailer amazed Tom Behlmer with the long list of facts they never mentioned, like truck traffic, Mossman's history,...
Jeff Kane: Here’s a better poll for reopening mine
In what is quite possibly the most illuminating critique yet of Rise Gold's poll claiming majority support for mine, Union columnist Jeff...
Richard Drace: Rise Gold proposal is risky, rude and just plain wrong
From beginning to end, local resident, Richard Drace, skewers the anti-mine argument and raises a few on-target points that we don't hear...
Ray Bryars: How would they vote today?
The only one to come out ahead when the Siskon Mine in North San Juan failed was the mine owner, not the investors. Local resident, Ray...
★ Josie Crawford: Forever issues plague mines
If the world's largest mining company with strong ties to Grass Valley hasn't cleaned up its legacy mining problems, what makes us think...
★ Sharon Delgado: No climate for reopening a mine
This climate change author explains why opening the Idaho-Maryland Mine will make things worse on a community already struggling with...
Mark Wilson: Ready for industrial town?
This piece paints a vivid picture of how our lives would change due to the scope and impact of living with a major industrial operation....
Darrell Berkheimer: Mine Snow Job Fails
Rise Gold's survey claiming the community supports the mine was a failure. "Residents here are well educated, well informed and not...
Reed Hamilton: What's in the mine for us?
Rise Gold is trying to convince us that the mine will be good for us, but local resident, Reed Hamilton, questions their claims and...
★ Mike Shea: Too Good To Be True - Native Wildlife
Rise Gold's biological assessment report on the 129 acre Brunswick site says they "did not record any observation of deer," but their...
Bob Clark: Perry Mason, where are you when we need you?
Do you remember the Perry Mason TV series? Perry was a lawyer who always got the bad guy to admit their guilt in the end. Enjoy this...
Darrell Berkheimer: Mine survey lacks credibility
Read longtime Union columnist, Darrell Berkheimer’s analysis of Rise Gold’s recently published, privately funded survey. He criticizes...
Jim Weir: The Rise Gold Survey
Retired Nevada County Supervisor, Jim Weir, blasted Rise Gold’s recently published, privately-funded survey in an opinion piece in the...
Mark Hotsenpiller: Mine survey is worthless
Local resident Mark Hotsenpiller reflects on Rise Gold's recent opinion survey, questioning its accuracy and suggesting what should be...
Don Rivenes: Reopening mine solves no priorities
Rise Gold’s recent, highly-criticized survey draws more fire from local resident Don Rivenes who says their attempt to align the survey...
Brandon Butrick: Rise Gold’s track record
Local resident Brandon Butrick is NOT opposed to the gold mining as an industry, but after reading about the track record of the...
Randall J. Newsome: Rise Gold, show me the money
Based on Rise Gold's latest quarterly SEC filing in June 2021 and the status of their outstanding loan, former U.S. Bankruptcy judge...
Mary Anderson: Does mine make sense economically?
Local resident Mary Anderson questions the trustworthiness of the increasingly aggressive employment claims made by Rise Gold. What are...
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