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NEW REPORT: 80% of Alaska Metal Mines Polluted Water

By Brendan McLaughlin | Earthworks on Mar 10, 2020   Featured, State  

NEW REPORT: 80% of Alaska Metal Mines Polluted Water

  Findings published amid push to gut public oversight and environmental review for new mines   Today Earthworks, along with four Alaska conservation, environmental health and justice organizations, released a report on the extensive record of spills and pollution violations at Alaska’s five major operating hardrock mines: Red Dog, Fort Knox, Pogo, Kensington and Greens […]

British Columbia Mega Mines in U.S.-Canada Transboundary Watersheds Are a Liability to West Coast Wild Salmon

By Salmon Beyond Borders on Feb 8, 2019   Featured, Southeast Alaska, State  

British Columbia Mega Mines in U.S.-Canada Transboundary Watersheds Are a Liability to West Coast Wild Salmon

  (Juneau, Alaska)—News broke Thursday that Brazil’s mining agency plans to ban upstream tailings dams used for storing mining waste, after Vale SA Corrego do Feijao mine’s dam burst on January 25, 2019. More than 150 people were killed in this disaster, and hundreds more are still missing, and presumed dead. This catastrophic mine failure […]

58 Dead, 300 Missing In Brazil Dam Disaster

By VOA on Jan 28, 2019   Featured, National/World, World  

58 Dead, 300 Missing In Brazil Dam Disaster

  The death toll from Friday’s dam collapse in southeastern Brazil rose to 58 Sunday — a number sure to climb with at least 300 people feared buried under tons of mud. Rescue operations were briefly halted Sunday as officials feared a breach in another dam in the city of Brumadinho. Residents were told to […]

Alaskan Concerns Escalate As British Columbia Government Gives Red Chris Mine Final Operating Permit

By Heather Hardcastle on Jun 17, 2015   Featured, World  

Alaskan Concerns Escalate As British Columbia Government Gives Red Chris Mine Final Operating Permit

JUNEAU, ALASKA – Last week’s ill-conceived decision by the British Columbia government to issue a final operating permit for Red Chris mine disregards concerns from Alaskans whose clean water, fisheries, tourism, jobs, and traditional ways of life are threatened. Red Chris is owned by Imperial Metals, the same company responsible for the Mount Polley mine […]



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