PolyMet Papers
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Shining a light on internal documents that PolyMet doesn't want you to see. Email tips to polymetpapers AT gmail DOT com. Docs at http://polymetpapers.wordpress.com
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2012 DNR dam safety memo - impact of weathering is unclear on #PolyMet dam stability, concerns about it are "valid" polymetpapers.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/the…
2012 DNR Dam Safety Memo: asked whether they a #PolyMet dam break would violate pollution laws, answer is yes - heavy metals, sulfates among them. polymetpapers.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/the…
2012 memo from MN DNR Dam Safety: "the proposed wet cap will significantly increase the potential for a dam failure." 2017: permits proposed that use a "wet cap" (water on top) at closure for PolyMet. polymetpapers.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/the…
2012: DNR-hired consultant reviewing #PolyMet dam plans - "Based on experience, I strongly believe that the high risk (or almost certainty) associated with long-term failure of the tailings basin is minimized throughout the Plan." polymetpapers.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/a-t…
2012: DNR-hired consultant reviewing #PolyMet dam - dam is eroding quickly and there's no plan for how it will last the 900 years needed. "At some point the entire mass will unravel." polymetpapers.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/a-t…
2012: Two DNR-hired consultants criticize #PolyMet plans to be included in DNR permits because they don't impose any specific requirements on PolyMet to do anything. 2018: DNR issues draft permit that does exactly that. polymetpapers.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/a-t…
We produced an editorial cartoon and it's in the paper today! We'd love your help in sharing it. Please use the hashtag #TooDamRisky. Check out our talented artist friend Cris Brooks @CrisBrooksComic. duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/cartoo…
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Editorial cartoon: Duluth for Clean Water's view
The grass-roots group Duluth for Clean Water commissioned the creation of this editorial cartoon to convey its viewpoint. The artist commissioned to creat this was Cris Brooks of London (crisbrooks...
Good morning! Everybody welcome new follower @mzipper - he's a PR guy who works for PolyMet. His spouse @AKZipko is the staffer for the #mnleg Environment and Natural Resources committee, before that she lobbied for US Steel,
DNR financial consultants: PolyMet mine waste dam will be there "forever" and must be maintained "forever." #PolyMetPapers #mnleg files.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals…
DNR financial consultants: "very difficult" for even a major mining company to find a surety bond as financial assurance for long-term liabilities at PolyMet site #PolyMetPapers #mnleg files.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals…
DNR financial consultants: Updated PolyMet financial statements "critical to determine risk" to MN taxpayers, should be part of "permit application review." (FYI: this hasn't happened) #PolyMetPapers #mnleg files.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals…
DNR financial consultants: "Very difficult" for "a small or new mining company" like PolyMet to get surety bonds needed for financial assurance proposal #PolyMetPapers #mnleg files.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals…
DNR Fisheries Supervisor: PolyMet hydrometallurgical waste would inevitably escape liner and leach into wetlands and groundwater #PolyMetPapers polymetpapers.wordpress.com/2018/01/12/the… #mnleg
DNR Consultant: PolyMet's proposed use of bentonite clay to "seal" water in mine waste impoundment a "Hail Mary type of concept" that "will eventually fail" and "will exacerbate erosion" #PolyMetPapers #mnleg polymetpapers.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/dnr…
You hear PolyMet boosters say "we have the strongest standards in MN." This DNR consultant says a permanent permit for PolyMet's temporary mine waste dam "wouldn't be allowed in other jurisdictions." #PolyMetPapers polymetpapers.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/dnr… #mnleg
Maybe one more will help. Here's Hadassah Reimer of Holland and Hart, she "defends ... projects against challenges" #PolyMetPapers #mnleg
There wasn't a lot "both sides" in Martin's bio. Let's try another. How about Sarah Bordelon at Holland and Hart? She "helps clients obtain environmental permits" #PolyMetPapers #mnleg
So, let's meet the lawyers working for Minnesota citizens on PolyMet permits, shall we? Let's start with John Martin, partner at H & H. #PolyMetPapers #mnleg
MN's PolyMet lawyers are from Holland & Hart (when hired the team was at another firm, Crowell & Moring) MMB commish Myron Frans said "They like to work both sides of the issue,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to get them on the public service side.”startribune.com/minnesota-s-ch…
Despite consultant saying expecting PolyMet to be around for perpetual maintenance of waste dam was "a major leap of faith," DNR literally wrote it into the draft Dam Safety permit. #PolyMetPapers dnr.state.mn.us/polymet/permit…
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