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“So why do these guys hate your guts?” “Because they believe strip-mining is a good thing. It provides jobs, and there are few jobs…

— John Grisham

“When a coal company gets a permit to strip-mine, it literally attacks the mountain with all manner of heavy equipment. First it clear-cuts the…

— John Grisham

“Mountaintop removal is nothing but strip-mining on steroids. Appalachian coal is found in seams, sort of like layers of a cake. At the top…

— John Grisham

You can guarantee that mining uranium will lead to nuclear waste. You can't guarantee that uranium mining will not lead to nuclear weapons.

— Anthony Albanese

“So why do these guys hate your guts?” “Because they believe strip-mining is a good thing. It provides jobs, and there are few jobs…

— John Grisham

Instead of denying domestic mining, such as mining in Minnesota for copper and nickel, we need more of it.

— Michael Waltz

The coal mining industry is very destructive and it doesn't have to be.

— Kevin Richardson

Although efficient markets people still go around saying there is a "mountain" of evidence supporting their hypothesis, the truth of the matter is that…

— Robert Haugen

We are a very big mining country and historically have been exporters of raw minerals. There is no particular reason why we should not…

— Thabo Mbeki

Lord, we don't need another mountain.

— Jackie DeShannon

Well I'm not convinced that expanding uranium mining is in the best interests of the country and the best interests of its environment.

— Peter Garrett

“...the Northern Rockies region is a rapidly changing part of the United States. Ironically, in many areas today's number-one threat is not clear-cutting, overgrazing,…

— Michael McCoy