Tag: tailings dams

The Trouble With Tailings: Toxic Waste ‘Time Bombs’ Loom Large Over Alaska’s Salmon Rivers

Judith Lavoie

Sep 3, 2015 8 min read

There are a few unarguable truths about mine tailings, the pulverized rock, water and sludge...

Alaska Fishing Community Spurred to Action by Mount Polley Spill

Judith Lavoie

Jul 23, 2015 6 min read

Wrangell, Alaska — A fishing boat chugs across the water in front of the patio...