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IOC defends Rio legacy amid green protests
Posted by Agence-France Presse: Chris Wright on February 28th, 2015
Agence-France Presse: Ecological protests on Saturday dogged the final day of an International Olympic Committee executive board meeting in Rio as green campaigners slated the choice of a nature reserve to hold the golf event next year.
"IOC go home!" protesters yelled at IOC president Thomas Bach as he exited the plush hotel hosting the meeting just off the iconic Copacabana beach.
"Do you want to talk?" responded Bach, who earlier insisted the Games would provide a lasting legacy.
Protesters greeted the former...
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Gogebic Taconite says Wisconsin mine isn’t feasible; cites wetlands, EPA
Posted by WSJ: None Given on February 28th, 2015
WSJ: The company that promised a huge mine in northern Wisconsin announced Friday that it was dropping the controversial project because it is not feasible. “We don’t want to throw out false hope,” Gogebic Taconite president Bill Williams told the State Journal. “Our parent company felt there wasn’t enough certainty to it.” State Republicans crusaded for the mine starting in 2011, saying it would create thousands of jobs in an economically distressed area, but scientists warned of possible environmental...
Wisc: Gogebic dropping plans massive iron mine
Posted by Journal Sentinel: Lee Bergquist on February 28th, 2015
Journal Sentinel: Gogebic Taconite said Friday afternoon that it was closing its office in Hurley after concluding that the expanse of wetlands at the site made the prospects of constructing a massive iron ore mine unfeasible.
The company said it would continue to investigate prospects for an iron ore mine in Ashland and Iron counties, but officials said work would be sharply curtailed.
With the exception of one, all personnel were being furloughed. The chief engineer will continue to work on the project as...
Fracking ban forcing some New York towns consider redrawing state line
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 28th, 2015
Guardian: Plenty of people leave New York state but in a job-hungry stretch of upstate, folks talk about staying put – and seceding to Pennsylvania.
Local officials stung by a recent decision to ban natural gas fracking have raised the idea of redrawing the Keystone State’s border. Even though they don’t expect it to happen, members of the Upstate New York Towns Association hope the spectre of secession will result in something – anything – good for a struggling part of the state peering enviously over...