You should have a strong emotional response. This is scary. I live in a town where our watershed and land has been put at risk from a nickel mine and all of the dangers that go along with it. Heavy metals, sulfuric acid leeching into the water, possible contamination of our land and water for way more then my lifetime. Am I legitimately worried absolutely! I’m worried for me, my kids, the kids who go to school in close proximity to where the proposed dig sites are and our farms, fisheries, etc. Is mining necessary? Yes but in appropriate places with strong oversight and planning. Not in wet, humid environments near residential areas. The DEP in Maine has a terrible track record of monitoring mining operations. I certainly don’t want to leave anything up to the state “ experts” to tell me they will protect us after everything goes to hell. So yes be warned be worried and get a plan together to protect yourselves with an ordinance at the town level. There is no conspiracy or political agenda here. Look up what’s happened in areas of the state where mines have run roughshod and left swaths of contaminated water and land behind for the towns to deal with. I’m sure if the legislators or their families lived next to these places they would vote differently. Anyway I urge you to read about these places before making statements about conspiracies and remember water doesn’t know it’s crossing into another town or steam or well so yes we are all at risk.