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Clean Water Act Challenged By Mining Industry

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green


Cindy Letchworth

Mine tailings are waste. They are the left-overs after metal separation has occurred. Once the extractions are finished, the rocks remaining are often full of arsenic, lead and cadmium.

Palin Being Investigated For Another Possible Ethics Violation

Washington Post | Alec MacGillis | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics


For months, the confrontation mounted, a face-off that arguably held in the balance the fate of two of Alaska's biggest industries. On one side were c...