Poison in the rockies In general i BELIEVE that mining has affected a lot. When mining many chemicals and toxins are RELEASED into the air. When a mining areas is left behind toxins are releases that can be in the air for days even a lifetime. it causes the rain of the area to be acidic. the chemicals WHICH are in it are oxide sulfur and copper. this causes the ph levels to go down, oxygen to go down, and the number of species to die increase.The factor behind mining is that its only a benefit for the economy. It gets 5 billion for the economy WHICH in fact is very greedy even though having a good economy is a reason in which we have so much. i think that to take action we just need to educate people . without people knowing what the causes of mining can do then we can keep GOING and just hurt ourselves entirely. Another thing we can do is as a SOCIETY just work TOGETHER to get more green in every way possible. If we start making a habit than it would be normal to just be more green. We also need to vote more on being more green because we do have a say.