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Encompassing over 1,000,000 acres, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is in peril from a proposed toxic copper mine on the park’s boundary. Patagonia …
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No Smith River Mine
This video is about the proposed Black Butte Copper mine in the Smith River drainage in Montana.
Fight Continues to Protect the Smith River from Mine
The fight to keep a mine out of the headwaters of Montana’s Smith River continues. Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging state permits for …
Socialism for the rich: Why are we still GIVING AWAY mining rights on public land?
Nearly a century and a half ago, as part of Washington’s effort to encourage settlement in the West, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the General …
80% of Alaska Metal Mines Polluted Water
So let’s build another mine on the world’s greatest salmon run. Earthworks have released a study revealing that five of Alaska’s operating hard rock mines: …
Republicans attack bill to block Minnesota wilderness mining
Go figure. House Republicans on Wednesday ripped into a bill that would block mining in about 340 square miles of sprawling wilderness in northeast Minnesota, …
ROCK-PAPER-FISH
Pebble is not the only proposed mine that is threatening Alaska’s salmon and its native people. Every year all five species of salmon return to …
Minnesota Court Tosses Key Permits for Copper Mine
In a victory for environmentalists, the Minnesota Court of Appeals dealt a blow to the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine Monday, overturning three key state permits that had …
Yellowstone cutthroat slow gold prospecting
Aa Canadian mining company’s gold exploration project in the headwaters of the Snake River’s Henrys Fork is temporarily on hold because of a judge’s determination …
Twin Metals Submits Plan to Mine Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters
A controversial mining project near northeastern Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness took a step closer to becoming a reality Wednesday after Twin Metals submitted …