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Supreme Court Decimates Clean Water Act

By | 06.23.09 | 12:41 pm

In a bow to the mining industry, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Clean Water Act permits an Alaskan gold mining company to dump tons of waste into a 23-acre lake nearby — never mind that the dumping will kill off every bit of aquatic life there.

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