Rally highlights need for frac sand mining ban

This week, the Koch-funded Heartland Institute sponsored an industrial “insiders” conference in La Crosse to promote “frac sand” (crystalline silica) mining across the uniquely beautiful and welcoming driftless area, which covers large parts of several Midwestern states. I participated in the rally organized by the Alliance to Ban Frac Sand Mining and Address Climate Change, held in front of the La Crosse Conference Center on Tuesday afternoon – us citizens on the sidewalk in the rain, while the “insiders” enjoyed whatever benefits a $400 price of admission brings....    ...more

Ken Notes: Sand is huge money when in demand...