Feds jump into transboundary mining dispute
A recent letter from the U.S. State Department acknowledges Alaskans’ concerns about pollution from current and potential British Columbia mines.
Read Moreby Ed Schoenfeld | Dec 29, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
A recent letter from the U.S. State Department acknowledges Alaskans’ concerns about pollution from current and potential British Columbia mines.
Read Moreby Ed Schoenfeld | Aug 9, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
A new gold mine has gone into production near British Columbia’s border with Southeast Alaska. It’s one of several prospects under exploration near creeks or rivers that flow into the region.
Read Moreby Ed Schoenfeld | Jan 4, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
British Columbia says it will stop polluted Tulsequah Chief Mine water from entering a salmon-rich river that flows into Southeast Alaska near Juneau.
Read Moreby Ed Schoenfeld | Nov 24, 2015 | Local News, Southeast Archive, Syndicated | 0
Canadian regulators say the Tulsequah Chief Project, near Juneau, has agreed to reduce pollution leaking into a nearby river. But the mine won’t have to restart a shuttered water-treatment plant.
Read Moreby Ed Schoenfeld | Nov 17, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
British Columbia is telling owners of a leaky mine in the Taku River watershed that it’s time to stop polluting the river, which flows into Alaska.
Read Moreby Ed Schoenfeld | Jul 17, 2014 | Local News, Syndicated | 0
Canadian investors are putting millions of new dollars into mining projects near the Southeast Alaska border.
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