Northwest Mining Association

Between a Rock and a Hard Place:
NWMA Keynote - David Harquail

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/NWMA Keynote.pdf

Global Warming? Get Ready for Global Cooling:
Think Again Climate Change Politics by Mark I. Pfau

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/Climate Change politics.pdf

Pew Rebuttal Documentation:
The Rest of the Story

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/Pew rebuttal documentation.pdf

NWMA Supports Responsible Mining Law Reform:
Northwest Mining Association Supports Mining Law Changes to Assess a Net Royalty, Create an AML Fund, Provide Secure Land Tenure, and Retain Existing Environmental Regulations

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/NWMA Supports Responsible Mining Law Changes.pdf

Written Testimony Submitted by Debbie Struhsacker on Behalf of NWMA for the March 12 Senate Hearing:
Hardrock Mining: Issues Relating To Abandoned Mine Lands and Uranium Mining

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/NWMA Struhsacker Senate AML Testimony March 2008.pdf

White Paper:
The Environmental Provisions in the House Mining Law Bill (H.R. 2262) are Solutions in Search of a Problem

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/NWMA solutions in search of a problem white paper (2).pdf

The Top Ten Problems With HR 2262:
Why This Bill is Bad For America

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/The Top Ten Problems with HR 2262.pdf

This USGS chart shows Americas dangerous reliance on foreign sources of strategic and critical minerals for national and economic security:
2006 USGS Chart US Net Import Reliance for Selected Nonfuel Mineral Materials

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/2006 Import Reliance flyer.pdf

NWMA U.S. Membership by State:
Laura Skaer Takes Along A Colorful U.S. Membership Map to the Hill

http://www.nwma.org/pdf/07Julmbrshpmap.pdf

MINE YOUR OWN BUSINESS:
A documentary film by former Financial Times correspondent to Eastern Europe, Phelim McAleer that takes you to the dark side of the environmental movement. YOU MUST SEE THIS!

http://www.mineyourownbusiness.org/index.htm

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Updated January 5, 2009
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