EPA Warns of Risk to Salmon Posed by Alaskan Mine Project
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said large-scale salmon habitats may be harmed by mining near Bristol Bay, Alaska, where Anglo American Plc is working with a partner to study developing a new copper mine.
“There is potential for certain activities associated with large-scale mining to have adverse impacts on the productivity and sustainability of the salmon fishery in the watershed,” the agency said in a statement today accompanying a 338-page draft report.