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Coeur d'Alene's Alaska gold mine fate goes to high court

Submitted by Rocky Barker on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 9:11am

The most controversial mine in the nation is owned by an Idaho company in Alaska and its fate rides on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Kensington gold mine near Juneau, Alaska is owned by Coeur d’Alene Mines, which wants to deposit the mine’s 4.5 million tons of heavy-metal-laden tailings in a small alpine lake. It plans to cap the tailings and restock the lake when they are done.

Environmentalists say the plan violates the Clean Water Act and have agreed to an alternative on-land disposal plan the mining company rejects. The case goes to the Supreme Court this spring a Los Angeles Times story explains

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