New Gold Exploration Revives Old Fears for Montana’s Blackfoot River
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Inside Climate NewsNew Gold Exploration Revives Old Fears for Montana’s Blackfoot Riverinsideclimatenews.orgMore than half a century after one of Montana’s most destructive mining disasters poisoned the upper Blackfoot River, a new gold exploration project near the river’s headwaters is sparking concerns about whether its decades of environmental recovery could be at risk. Last month, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved an amended exploration license […]
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