1872 mining law may finally see reform

Wed, 03/11/2009 - 13:40
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A controversial hardrock mining law has been on the books for well over a century, and environmental groups and mining companies have been deadlocked for decades over how to reform it. As Yanmei Xie reports in the last story of our energy series, a new crop of conservation-minded Western Democrats in Congress could be the key to a breakthrough.

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