DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINE ENVIRONMENTAL PRECEPT AND ITS CURRENT POLITICAL STATUS

The following sections are included:

• INTRODUCTION

• AMERICAN MINING INDUSTRY IN PERSPECTIVE

  • PUBLIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS MINING

  • CHANGING PERCEPTIONS AND VIEWPOINTS OF THE EARTH SCIENTIST

  • CHANGES IN INDUSTRY

  • REGIONAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS MINING

• WHERE ARE WE NOW?

  • GROWTH OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN

  • MINING IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC

  • EARLY ENVIRONMENTAL CASES

  • RISE OF MODERN ENVIRONMENTALISM

  • THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTAGONISTS

  • MISCONCEPTIONS OF SOME PROTAGONISTS

  • POLITICIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

• ROLE OF FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS

  • THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

  • EMERGING ROLE OF THE STATES

• ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • MAINSTREAM ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • SIERRA CLUB AS A PARADIGM OF MAINSTREAM ENVIRONMENTAL BELIEF

  • OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

• MINING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

  • LOBBYISTS

  • NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL STONE ASSOCIATION

  • CALIFORNIA MINING ASSOCIATION

  • OTHER MINING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

• NON-ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS

• FEDERAL MINING LAW REVISION

  • POSITION OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS

  • POSITION OF THE MINING INDUSTRY

  • POSITION OF THE WESTERN GOVERNORS’ ASSOCIATION

  • THE RCRA OVERLAP

  • OVERVIEW

• SUMMARY

• REFERENCES