Environmental issues with mining

A New Take on Clean Water

An environmental lawyer discusses the Supreme Court’s decision in the Coeur Alaska Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council case, which makes the dumping of toxic tailings from mines into waterways legal.

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