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A cost/ benefit of the goods and services not included in a purchase price
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Acronym for the act stating that all projects receiving federal funding or permits require an environmental assessment
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Low population density areas outside of the city
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Low population density communities that are not directly connected to metropolitan area
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Large expanses of underdeveloped land covered mostly with grass or brush suitable for grazing livestock but too dry to farm
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Land degradation severe enough that land becomes desert and unable to support vegetation
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Includes all crystalline structured, inorganic elements typically formed by geological processes
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Used to extract substances, including organics like fossil fuels, has detrimental impacts
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Type of mining that destroys ecosystems permanently and completely
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Soil and rock overburdens that were removed during mining
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Type of mining where large shafts are dug deep into the ground
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Mining process where a well is drilled and injected with highly pressurized liquids to break deep rock layers
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Leftover rocks after separation from an ore
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Process of restoring land to a natural state after mining is done
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A blend of surface and subterranean mining where small holes are drilled and chemicals are pumped in to dissolve rock and separate minerals
