Mining Pollution News Today

U.S. Steel is appealing the decision, seeking a site-specific standard eight times higher than the state's wild rice waters standard. Cliffs’ Utac seeks one 43 times higher than the state standard.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency and West Virginia environmental groups have reached a proposed settlement over regulator oversight of the Lower Guyandotte River watershed. The agreement resolves a lawsuit the groups filed against the EPA last month contending the EPA has not calculated maximum pollution amounts in the Lower Guyandotte River watershed that would allow the watershed to meet water quality standards through total maximum daily loads, or TMDLs.

Dam failures affect fewer people than contamination, researchers said

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The agency said a more thorough environmental review and dam-safety permits are not needed because the expansion is within limits studied and permitted nearly 50 years ago.

Montana’s fishing industry is an economic juggernaut, now accounting for one in five tourism dollars spent in the state and an estimated at $750 million annually.

A proposal to re-develop Holland Lake Lodge has drawn the ire of many and lead to countless letters to the editor and online campaigns against it.

Housed at Montana State Prison, inmates there are now raising pheasants for release on wildlife management areas.

Canadian open-pit coal mines are polluting water that flows into Montana, but the Canadian government seems reluctant to rein in the mining or engage in an international solution.

A species that was thought to be extinct for over a century has now revived in Colorado, the United States.