Forest Service Urged to Reject Massive Idaho Gold Mine
A planned open-pit cyanide leach gold mine in Idaho’s Salmon River Mountains would jeopardize public health and clean water, harm endangered species, violate Indigenous treaty …
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Fishermen Fend Off Mining Proposal In The Bahamas
In a June 2022 letter to the prime minister, several conservation groups, including the Bahamas Sportfishing Conservation Association, Environmental Defense Fund, and others, detailed their …
Uncertainty for Alaskan Salmon as Mining Companies Dig In
November 9, 2022 by Becki Robins Wild Alaskan salmon is the gold standard for American seafood. The long journey from the river to the ocean …
Study Warns Western Mining Boom Puts Salmon Species At Risk
Authorities are underestimating the risk that growth in mining activity poses to salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest, a group of 23 scientists and policy …
Why we don’t want a mine on the Smith: An open letter to Rob Scargill
An open letter to the mining exec at the helm of the outfit that wants to build a mine near the most important tributary of …
Mining company will pay $1.6 million in Gold King Mine spill lawsuit
Sunnyside, a Denver mining company, will pay the state of Colorado $1.6 million in a settlement connected to the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, which …
Proposed mine looms over future of Menominee River
Over the past five years, Aquila Resources in Toronto has been working to secure permits to construct what it is calling the “Back Forty …
Alaska Commissioner Rubber-Stamps Donlin Gold Mine Certification
Pebble is not the only game in town. Commissioner Jason Brune of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) rejected an administrative law judge’s conclusion …
Minnesota High Court Scraps Permit for Mine Near Boundary Waters
Some great news out of Minnesota. The Minnesota Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a controversial proposed mining project in the northeastern portion of …
Warnock And Ossoff Weigh In On Mine Proposal Near Okefenokee
Elections matter folks. Georgia’s new U.S. senators are asking the federal government to get involved in reviewing a controversial proposed mine near the Okefenokee Swamp. …