Dear John,
Last week the Miami Herald published an in-depth report on the corrupt actions of Antofagasta, the giant mining company behind the proposed Twin Metals mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters.
Antofagasta's mine in Chile cut off the flow of the nearby waterway, robbing the nearby town of fresh water and endangering the residents. Even after villagers won a lawsuit against the company and the Chilean Supreme Court ordered the removal of the mining dam, Antofagasta used its power to defeat the villagers and keep its controversial mining dam in place - cutting off the water from the people.
Clearly, this mining company can not be trusted to protect people and natural resources.
The Boundary Waters and its wilderness-edge communities are at risk if Antofagasta’s Twin Metals mine is built. Contact your members of Congress here today asking them to support and work to pass the Boundary Waters Protection and Pollution Prevention Act to permanently protect the Wilderness.
From the Miami Herald news article1
“The Chilean Supreme Court ordered Los Pelambres to restore the “natural flow” of the Pupio or else demolish its gargantuan dam, capable of retaining more than 1.7 billion tons of liquified waste rock, known as tailings. The ruling made international headlines, as Los Pelambres was the pride of Antofagasta Plc., a mining conglomerate controlled by Chile’s richest family, the Luksics.
...Los Pelambres’ negotiations with Caimanes led to broken promises and social rancor. Almost everyone involved in ensuring a fair and open negotiation for the community — from the lawyers representing the villagers to the well-respected NGO Transparency International observing the negotiations — appeared to bend to the influence of Los Pelambres.
“The settlement process was rigged in every way imaginable,” says Esteban Vilches, a lawyer representing Caimanes residents currently suing both their former lawyers and Los Pelambres.
Now Antofagasta and the Luksic family are encountering scrutiny in the U.S. over plans to develop the billion-dollar Twin Metals copper-nickel mine on the edge of a protected wilderness in Minnesota.”
We can protect the Boundary Waters region from this fate by banning copper mining in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park. Contact your members of Congress today.
For the Wilderness,
Sam Chadwick
Deputy Campaign Manager
Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters
P.S. Mining giant Antofagasta can not be trusted to protect people and natural resources. We can’t risk the Boundary Waters - take action today. PLUS -- can we count on you to forward this action alert to three friends?
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