Friday, September 18, 2009

Mine to Turn Alaskan Lake Into a Dump

September 18, 2009 - by Lori Pottinger
• From September 2009 World Rivers Review
Recent federal rulings permitting a gold mining company to dump toxic waste into a pristine mountain lake in Alaska could have widespread ramifications...
Eds. note: Might the U.S. mining industry be taking its cue from Canada? Here, Harper and his gang gave approval some time ago for the same kind of deplorable practice! l.p.


A Manitoba lake,
unaffected
by tailings (yet)!
l.p. photo

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