About Author: Al Gedicks

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Gedicks is a sociology professor at the UW-La Crosse and author of "Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining and Oil Corporations."

Posts by Al Gedicks

  • by Al Gedicks - Should the state's regulatory authority over the metallic mine permitting process be dramatically reduced to accommodate the wishes of a mining company to receive a permit in record time?

    What’s the Rush on Mine Permitting?

    Posted on 06/07/2011 | No Comments
    by Al Gedicks - Should the state's regulatory authority over the metallic mine permitting process be dramatically reduced to accommodate the wishes of a mining company to receive a permit in record time?

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  • BP's oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was not the first time the oil industry's practice of cutting corners on environmental protection put entire ecosystems and cultures at risk. While most Americans are familiar with the Exxon Valdez spill, few have heard of Chevron/Texaco's far more serious oil disaster in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. Chevron, which bought Texaco in 2001, dumped 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater (known as "produced water") into the Amazon from 1964 to 1992.

    Chevron Should Pay for Its Oil Disaster, Too

    Posted on 07/01/2010 | No Comments
    BP's oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was not the first time the oil industry's practice of cutting corners on environmental protection put entire ecosystems and cultures at risk. While most Americans are familiar with the Exxon Valdez spill, few have heard of Chevron/Texaco's far more serious oil disaster in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. Chevron, which bought Texaco in 2001, dumped 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater (known as "produced water") into the Amazon from 1964 to 1992.

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