Members of the Land Use Planning Commission questioned a Canadian mining company’s finances and its plan to excavate metallic minerals in the middle of the state’s waters and wildlife habitat.
By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff
BREWER Members of the Land Use Planning Commission questioned a Canadian mining company’s finances and its plan to excavate metallic minerals in the middle of the state’s waters and wildlife habitat.
Commissioners deliberated Dec.
A company that has never built a mine proposes an acid mine operation in a watershed that drains almost a quarter of Maine, despite the increasing frequency and intensity of
“The collective response in this state cannot be ‘not in my backyard’ at every turn. But let's consider this particular project, and this particular backyard.”