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Permit hearings – day two
Today, “B” intervenors are giving their testimony. It has already become clear Powertech’s attorney is doing his best to shut out anything and everything possible brought by intervenors. The hearing...
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Powertech hearing day 3 – reflections of a citizen intervenor
Good morning readers! We are (again) at the Ramkota, this morning listening to the cross examination of Powertech’s first witness, Project Manager and Lobbyist Mark Hollenbeck. Powertech will continue...
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Day four – on not being alone
It is day four here at the Ramkota, and Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary lawyer Mike Hickey is currently grilling Richard Blubaugh, Powertech’s Vice President of Health, Safety and Environmental...
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Uranium hearings – day five, photo Friday!
This is a continuance of the “Photo Fridays” I started during the session last year. Since we’re back to it on a Friday morning, here are some photos of citizen intervenors getting their...
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Uranium, water, and the future of the Black Hills
Today marks the beginning of the water permit hearings for the proposed Dewey-Burdock Project, Powertech’s proposed uranium mine in the southern Black Hills here in South Dakota. You can read the water...
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Water Rights, Day Two
First, as a note, you can listen to the hearing recording here, and it will be posted at the end of each day: http://denr.sd.gov/powertech_wmb.aspx#Audio1 We continue with “B” invervenors today, people...
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Water, uranium, and – China?
Day three of the South Dakota Water Management Board’s review of the proposed Dewey-Burdock Project. And day three of rousing citizen intervention to protect our water, hills, and community. If you...
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Countdown to Pierre – Uranium mining
It really isn’t a difficult question: do you think water should be protected from overuse and contamination? The answer for everyone should be, “absolutely.” Over the course of the past year, South...
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The work of the people
Today and tomorrow, DRA members are here in Pierre! It is astounding how much people can get done, and how much good can actually happen, when it is citizens talking to decision makers. Direct...
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Protect Our Water podcast is up – download now!
Download it now: Protect Our Water, VOTE YES on HB 1193. HB 1193 is up for a quick hearing this Tuesday, February 11. In an on-going effort to ensure South Dakota’s groundwater quality isn’t...
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