An environmental partnership - hawks and highwalls at the Jim Bridger mine
Can industry and the environment coexist to the benefit of both? More specifically can coal mining and the environment have beneficial partnerships? Based on information normally available in the popular press, a partnership would seem impossible. Millions of pages and thousands of hours of air time have been used to convey a misinformed message that mining is always detrimental to the environment. The message is clear and one sided. Mining companies destroy the environment in their greed to extract mineral wealth from the ground. They leave barren, disturbed landscapes devoid of life. Mining and the environment can not coexist. There can be no partnership. Bridger Coal Company`s environmental programs, including the raptor mitigation program, demonstrate that mining companies in cooperation with regulatory agencies can utilize the latest scientific developments to protect environmental resources, maintain operational efficiency and in the process raise the industry standard.
- OSTI ID:
- 478269
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9606286-; TRN: 97:001159-0005
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 92. proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute, Durango, CO (United States), 29 Jun - 2 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 92nd regular meeting of the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute; Finnie, D.G. [ed.]; PB: 147 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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