The one proposed for Eyota, MN outside Rochester certainly drew a great deal of scrutiny.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/05/12/eyota_ethanol/

(google eyota ethanol for more stories) I hope posting that news link was ok.

Yeah, I'm sure.

More like a fast-track application and rubber-stamp grant process with a little window dressing to make it look good.

For some folks,presenting facts is futile. A closed,rigid,unbending mentality towards always being right and never seeing another point of view is not a waste of a good mind,it's a good mind already wasted.

You need to say that while looking in the mirror.

Total carp.
I try to keep an open mind about all things and listen to both sides before casting judgment.

Unlike what you just demonstrated-but I expected as much.

Awwww comon you can't say something like and expect all of us to let a setup like that to slip by, can you??

I just want everyone to get along and love each other.

From the Duluth News Tribune, if anyone wants to attend.

upnorth ??
will you attend that ??

I am not totally sure what I am doing tomorrow, much less 5 weeks from now.

do you think the people attending will be for it or against
will alot of people show up ???

Against!! That is those peoples full time job. Me and many like myself have to go to work every day to pay taxes and support our families. Unfortantely that issue to 90% of us is just not that big of a concern.

There are enough miners wanting work that I think most people will want to see the place open up. But there are some who are totally against everything, and they tend to be the most vocal.

well thats what its all bout those people up there arnt going to work and paying taxes

Here's what on the front page of the "Friends" issues page:

"SULFIDE MINING - It has decimated water supplies, killed fish, destroyed entire landscapes, and left taxpayers holding the bag for expensive clean-up operations almost everywhere it’s been done before.
Now, the sulfide mining industry has set its sights on northeastern Minnesota, including many areas at the very edges of the Boundary Waters."

There will be PLENTY of people there that are going to be against this project. After 30 years of serial suing the Forest Service over permit issues, portages and logging plans, this will be their new Public Enemy #1.

PS - I had to chuckle at the earlier post that said special interest has never shut down corporate projects. Can't speak for corporate projects, but I know of plenty of public projects that would be completed by private corps that have been stymied for years & years.

I'm as concerned as anyone as to what this could potentially do to the water up there years down the road. But I'm afraid no matter what is shown in the impact statements, this will be fought tooth & nail to the bitter end. They have even made a movie called "Precious Waters" that will debut in St. Paul in November and then released on DVD. This short film features the voices of citizens, scientists, business-owners and advocates discussing the potential for toxic pollution from new sulfide mine proposals.

Let the games begin.