Members of the National Council of Canadians stopped in at Williams Lake and Fish Lake recently, where they met with the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation and talked about the impact of the proposed Prosperity Mine (more…)
Missouri Attorney General probing lead waste cleanup efforts
The Missouri Attorney General’s office is investigating St. Francois County residents’ complaints about (more…)
Town council balks at transfer of toxic tailings to Iron King Mine
Dewey-Humboldt’s Town Council Tuesday requested that a federal agency hold off on its proposal to (more…)
Pebble Mine development plans
“Some places you just have to say no. That the risks are too high, that we can’t engineer and we can’t mitigate our way out of the mess that we’re about to (more…)
EPA plan for Missouri lead waste worries residents
The unfortunate truth is that NOBODY wants poisonous soil dumped on them. The PEA can move it around (more…)
EPA wants another look at Alaskan gold mine waste plan
The Environmental Protection Agency wants the Army Corps of Engineers to take another look at how to dispose of tailings at Coeur Alaska Inc.’s Kensington Gold mine north of Juneau (more…)
Borehole pH levels of 2 Deaths
Incredible news from Tanzania. Borehole pH levels of 2! Deaths of people and animals. The government will next month recruit environmental officers (more…)
UN Plans Aid After Burma Landslide
Sure, CleanRocks has no involvement with jade mining, but this story shows how tailings piles/dams can be extremely destructive in adverse weather (more…)
Concerns raised about Minto mine’s water discharge orders
The Yukon government says it’s not worried about an emergency order allowing the Minto mine to discharge waste water, but a First Nation near the mine wants a hearing into the matter (more…)
Brooksville residents plan to quiz EPA
A group of town residents will be looking for answers regarding the proposed $23 million cleanup at the former (more…)