Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Gold miners near Chicken cry foul over 'heavy-handed' EPA raids

Gold miners near Chicken cry foul over 'heavy-handed' EPA raids
Sean Doogan
September 3, 2013
When agents with the Alaska Environmental Crimes Task Force surged out of the wilderness around the remote community of Chicken wearing body armor and jackets emblazoned with POLICE in big, bold letters, local placer miners didn’t quite know what to think.

Did it really take eight armed men and a squad-size display of paramilitary force to check for dirty water? Some of the miners, who run small businesses, say they felt intimidated.

Others wonder if the actions of the agents put everyone at risk. When your family business involves collecting gold far from nowhere, unusual behavior can be taken as a sign someone might be trying to stage a robbery. How is a remote placer miner to know the people in the jackets saying POLICE really are police?

Miners suggest it might have been better all around if officials had just shown up at the door -- as they used to do -- and said they wanted to check the water.

EPA
William A. Nitze was an assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Center for American Progress, and the Climate Reality Project.
Carol M. Browner is a director, senior fellow for the Center for American Progress, a senior counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group, was an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and a director at the Climate Reality Project.
Melody C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center for American Progress, is a senior director at the Albright Stonebridge Group, and Barack Obama’s golf partner.
Lee M. Thomas was a director at the Climate Reality Project, and an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and a senior adviser for Google Inc.
Google Inc. is a member, info tech committee for the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council.
Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council is a member, info tech committee for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Internet Service Provider Association, and an advisory board, member, info tech committee for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Esther M. Olavarria is the deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the Barack Obama administration, and was the director of immigration policy for the Center for American Progress.
Carol M. Browner is a director, senior fellow for the Center for American Progress, a senior counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group, was an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and a director at the Climate Reality Project.
Melody C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center for American Progress, is a senior director at the Albright Stonebridge Group, and Barack Obama’s golf partner.
Lee M. Thomas was a director at the Climate Reality Project, and an administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and a senior adviser for Google Inc.

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