Court OKs dumping gold mine waste in lake

Associated Press | Jun. 22, 2009 (News Report)

The Supreme Court has upheld a federal government permit to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby lake, even though all its fish would be killed.

By a 6-3 vote Monday, the justices say a federal appeals court wrongly blocked the permit on environmental grounds. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment, Pollution, U.S. Supreme Court, Mining
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jun 22, 2009 - 8:37 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jun 22, 2009 - 8:37 PM PDT

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 by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 22, 2009

Short early announcement without much detail.

Amazingly irresponsible. 6-3 majority of anti-environment corporatists will be hard to displace.

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