Uranium Mines Begin Operations Near The Grand Canyon
In the latest development in the long-running tension between the need to extract the minerals needed for clean energy sources and the damage mining brings …
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Trout Unlimited: Rare earth mine poses big risks
The Bitterroot chapter of Trout Unlimited, Montana Trout Unlimited, and national Trout Unlimited have invested in the Bitterroot Valley and its iconic wild trout fishery …
Alaska Tribes Wage Fight Against Another Gold Mine
Does this sound familiar? If built, Donlin would be the largest open pit pure gold mine in the world within one of the world’s largest …
Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters
In the mountain streams of southern British Columbia and northern Montana, a rugged part of the world, fish with misshapen skulls and twisted spines have …
Army Corps of Engineers nixes northern Minnesota mine
A controversial mining project in Northern Minnesota encountered a potentially fatal setback when the Army Corps of Engineers revoked a critical Clean Water Act permit. Officials …
The EV mining rush could come to Montana’s mountains
A mining company has identified potentially lucrative deposits of rare earth elements tucked in the Bitterroot Mountains near the Idaho-Montana border. The proposed mine would …
Forest Service Urged to Reject Massive Idaho Gold Mine
A planned open-pit cyanide leach gold mine in Idaho’s Salmon River Mountains would jeopardize public health and clean water, harm endangered species, violate Indigenous treaty …
Fishermen Fend Off Mining Proposal In The Bahamas
In a June 2022 letter to the prime minister, several conservation groups, including the Bahamas Sportfishing Conservation Association, Environmental Defense Fund, and others, detailed their …
Uncertainty for Alaskan Salmon as Mining Companies Dig In
November 9, 2022 by Becki Robins Wild Alaskan salmon is the gold standard for American seafood. The long journey from the river to the ocean …
Study Warns Western Mining Boom Puts Salmon Species At Risk
Authorities are underestimating the risk that growth in mining activity poses to salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest, a group of 23 scientists and policy …