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The company behind a controversial mining prospect near the headwaters of the Chilkat River has a new plan for handling its wastewater. Executives with Constantine Metal Resources and state regulators say the plan would contain any hazardous contaminants, but environmental groups are concerned the risk is too great.

Regulators in Canada have granted a two-year extension for the Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell mine’s environmental review which will effectively give the…

British Columbia has released a long-awaited cleanup plan for the Tulsequah Chief Mine. The Canadian mine 40 miles northeast of Juneau has been leaching…

CoastAlaska's Ed Schoenfeld reports a tailings dam break at a British Columbia copper and gold mine could threaten Southeast Alaska salmon fisheries,…

As President Obama announces his intention to vastly expand a south Pacific marine sanctuary, a scientist at a State Department conference in Washington,…

A hot-shot crew and smoke-jumpers headed to Tyonek to contain a wildfire as gusty winds and low humidity add to wildfire danger in south central…