Here are just two links for the enviro organizations listed in the article. Scroll through the staff bio’s and what you will find are a bunch of law degrees mining their income from gullible citizens.
http://earthjustice.org/about/staff
http://www.wildearthguardians.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_staff
Dept. of interior issues a permit 10 years ago, which causes investors to risk millions of dollars to build mines which positively affect the lives of millions of people by creating jobs and fuel for a power plant. Fast forward 10 years and some lawyers looking for large fees / eco terrorists find an Obama appointed judge to rescind the permit
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3319160/posts?page=2#2