1.0 link 219755 <![CDATA[Supreme Court OKs Dumping Mining Waste In Lakes]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/23/supreme-court-oks-dumping_n_219755.html WASHINGTON &mdash; A mining company was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court on Monday to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby 23-acre lake, although the material will kill all of the lake's fish.

The court said that the federal government acted legally in declaring the waste left after metals are extracted from the ore as "fill material" allowing a federal permit without meeting more stringent requirements from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water...

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