Earthworks: Forest Service Decision Requires Simplot to Treat Selenium Pollution at Idaho Phosphate Mine
December 04, 2024
December 04, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Earthworks issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024:
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Stakeholders Urge Expedited Action as Selenium Pollution Threatens Water & Fish
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Just over one week ago, the U.S. Forest Service issued its final decision on a cleanup plan for the Smoky Canyon Mine, an operating phosphate mine with severe selenium pollution that threatens trout streams below the mine, extending from southeast Idaho to Wyoming. Th . . .
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Stakeholders Urge Expedited Action as Selenium Pollution Threatens Water & Fish
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Just over one week ago, the U.S. Forest Service issued its final decision on a cleanup plan for the Smoky Canyon Mine, an operating phosphate mine with severe selenium pollution that threatens trout streams below the mine, extending from southeast Idaho to Wyoming. Th . . .