Rivers Without Borders has produced a new briefer about the proposed KSM gold – copper mine targeting headwaters of the Unuk River near Misty Fjords National Monument. It focuses on the extraordinary amount of waste KSM would generate if the project goes forward. Obviously the metal the mine produces – principally gold for many years to come – would be very valuable, but because it’s very low grade, the waste side of the equation is mind boggling. Another reason to question if this type of...

As RWB’s U.S. supporters may have heard by now, the Senate Budget Reconciliation bill currently under consideration back in Washington – Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” – includes a provision calling for the sale of at least two million acres of American public land, and more up for grabs (a proposal introduced by Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee). Some 250 million acres – excluding protected lands like National Parks or Wilderness – would be eligible for disposal to the highest...

The Juneau Empire recently published an editorial by retired Alaska Fish and Game Habitat Biologist Ben Kirkpatrick regarding the Taku’s infamous abandoned and polluting Tulsequah Chief mine. Ben has a long history with the Taku, and he knows the Tulsequah Chief mine well. His editorial implores British Columbia to get moving on the mine’s long promised cleanup. Ben also urges the provincial government not to pursue the New Polaris gold mine project, just down stream of Tulsequah Chief...