Posts for tag "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency"

  • town located along Bristol Bay

    Protecting Bristol Bay Salmon from Mining

    The U.S. EPA has proposed limitations to protect a highly valuable salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska, according to WaterWorld. The fishery is under threat, officials say, by a large-scale mining effort at the Pebble deposit there.

    • Posted June 15, 2022

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  • onondaga lake

    A History of Harm to Onondaga Lake

    Sport fish in New York’s Onondaga Lake contain less mercury than they did in 2008, but still too much for human consumption, according to syracuse.com. The levels, scientists say, have gone down by half in fillets of...

    • Posted April 20, 2022

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