One More Threat to Clean Water
The latest indignity was a 6-to-3 decision on Monday that will allow an American gold mining company to discharge 210,000 gallons a day of potentially toxic mining waste into a 23-acre lake near Juneau, Alaska. A joyous Sarah Palin, Alaska’s governor, called the ruling a “great victory” for Alaska and, astonishingly, “a green light for responsible resource development.” Full Story »
Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV
The President has another urgent matter of reversal of a Bush rule that is vital or the resulting death of a major lake in Alaska.