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		<title>Public lands: Mine, All Mine</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mining patents just a public lands fire sale. | In an ominous new development, Congress may soon authorize private &quot;patents&quot; of public land, a wildly outdated and abused provision of an 1872 mining law. The patents are functionally equivalent to fee-simple purchases of the land, which raises the distinct possibility that private individuals and corporations could stake mining claims&#8212;and then buy the land&#8212;in national forests, wilderness areas, and even national parks. Mining, as it is currently practiced, is so...]]></description>
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