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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has effectively vetoed a proposed copper and gold mine in a remote region of southwest Alaska that supports the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery. The move was heralded by Alaska Native tribes and environmentalists who have long fought the proposed Pebble Mine.
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If two British Columbia tailings dams fail, it could spell disaster, according to two reports that analyzed the chances of the dams failing.
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Toxic mine pollution is no longer flowing into Washington state's picturesque Lake Chelan for the first time in nearly 60 years…
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A controversial recreational activity called “suction dredge mining” has led to moratoriums on the practice in California and Oregon. But Washington…
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Two miners escaped and 13 died after the gas explosion Monday morning, state media report. Crews were working to find and potentially rescue the miners who remain unaccounted for.
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Editor's Note: A previous version of this story quoted Rep. Gael Tarleton, who said, "Oregon has a moratorium" on suction dredge mining. She also said,…
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HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a judge's ruling that a mining company must go through a stricter permitting process before it can…
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VANCOUVER, Wash. — The Bureau of Land Management says a Canadian company could prospect for copper, gold and silver near Mount St. Helens with no…
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The federal government is fining a north Idaho mining company $360,000 for unsafe practices that killed a miner last year. That’s about a third of the penalties that were expected.
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SODA SPRINGS, Idaho - Here’s an image you usually don’t see without the help of Photoshop: two-headed fish. Pictures of deformed baby trout with two heads…