Utah
05/19/2018 / By Edsel Cook
EPA: Soil in the upper American Fork Canyon contain high levels of arsenic, lead, mercury, and other harmful metals
The American Fork Canyon in Utah is drawing in more people who enjoy its great beauty. But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is concerned about the abandoned mines that dot the upper canyon. In a report from The Salt Lake Tribune, the soils around those sites have been contaminated with heavy metals like arsenic, […]
01/11/2017 / By Ethan Huff
Obama has placed more land and water under federal control than any other president in history
In what appears to be a thinly-veiled slap in the face to President-Elect Donald Trump, who’s made it clear that he supports expanded domestic energy production, outgoing President Barack Obama has once again decided to seize land in the United States and place it under the jurisdiction of the federal government, effectively rendering it off-limits to […]
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