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« You Don't Forget What You Believe In | Main | Wreck on the Highway » March 17, 2007Gore Set To Make More Money From Toxins-Emitting Zinc MineThe Saturday Tennessean teases a big story coming Sunday about the polluting zinc mine on Al Gore's Carthage, Tennessee, property... Gore Jr. received more than $500,000 in royalties from the owners of zinc mines who held mineral leases on his farm near Carthage, Tenn. Now the mines have a new owner and are scheduled to reopen later this year. Before the mines closed in 2003, they emitted thousands of pounds of toxic substances and several times, the water discharged from the mines into nearby rivers had levels of toxins above what was legal.That's okay, though. I'm sure Gore will purchase "toxins offsets." Or maybe he'll ask the mining company to buy "pollution credits" through an investment company Gore just happens to be connected with. Because paying others to be "green" so you can continue trashing the environment is how today's celebrity environmentalists help save the planet. Posted in Environmentalism
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