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Mountaintop removal heightens water toxicity

November 19, 2021

Mountaintop removal mining, a coal mining technique commonly used in the Appalachian Mountains, can result in water quality levels that are toxic to aquatic wildlife, including dozens of endangered and threatened species, beyond the mines’ …

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Zinke proposes extended mining ban on bighorn sheep habitat

May 7, 2018

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has proposed extending a ban on mineral extraction on Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) wintering grounds in Wyoming. The ban would exempt more than 1,400 federal acres from mining ventures …

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Mining deemed threat to Sage-Grouse; millions of acres withdrawn

January 29, 2016

In September 2015 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided to refrain from listing the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) under the Endangered Species Act. The decision was based in part on the finalization of federal …

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