Thursday, May 13, 2010

Political fallout over the Resolution copper mine


The Washington insider news source, The Hill, analyzes the political repercussions of the federal legislation for a land exchange needed to allow the Resolution copper mine to be developed near Superior. They say that the land bill could hurt the re-election chances of both Sen. John McCain, a Republican, and Rep. Anne Kirkpatrick, a Democrat. [right, Apache Leap, an area of contention. Credit, Resolution Copper]