U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Bush Administration Redefines Mining Waste as Fill Material to Enable Mountaintop Removal

2002-05-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The Bush administration’s Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers jointly revise Clean Water Act regulations to classify mining debris and waste rock as “fill material” that can legally be dumped into streams and valleys. The rule change enables the coal …

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Bunker Hill Smelter Fire Leads to Worst Corporate Lead Poisoning in U.S. History

1973-09-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On September 3, 1973, a fire destroys the baghouse pollution control system at the Bunker Hill lead smelter in Kellogg, Idaho—then the largest smelting facility in the world. In a secret board meeting, Gulf Resources & Chemical Corp., the facility’s owner, makes a calculated decision to …

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