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Trout Unlimited maintaining fish habitat

Trout Unlimited group keeps fish habitat going for 36 years

Every week for almost 36 years, a group of mostly older adults with a Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited chapter have performed an unheralded but vital task: keeping Stony Creek, the state’s first designated scenic river, livable for fish.

U.S. EPA selenium limits below BC coal mines
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U.S. EPA releases selenium limits for lake downstream of Teck coal mines

Environmental group calls for official Canada-U.S. International Joint Commission investigation over pollution downstream of Teck Resources’ operations
When the feds tried to regulate “zombie” mines, they turned to a small northwestern coal operation

When the feds tried to regulate “zombie” mines, they turned to a small northwestern coal operation

Washington’s John Henry Mine last produced coal in 1999 and has yet to be fully cleaned up. 
US officials drop mining cleanup rule after industry objects
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US officials drop mining cleanup rule after industry objects

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday that it won't require mining companies to prove they have the financial wherewithal to clean up their pollution, despite an industry legacy of abandoned mines that have fouled waterways across the U.S. (Associated Press)

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