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- Study: Closed Maine mine polluting water with toxic metals (9/20/13)
A Dartmouth study focusing on the Callahan Mine finds elevated levels of copper, zinc, cadmium and lead in the sediment, water and small fish.
- Deal reached with owner of Eden asbestos mine (9/5/13)
EDEN — The Vermont Attorney General’s Office says the state has filed a settlement agreement with the former owner of a defunct asbestos mine over cleanup of the site in Eden and Lowell.
- Charlestown seeks AG probe of Copar, Westerly (9/10/13)
CHARLESTOWN — Friction between the towns of Charlestown and Westerly over the Copar quarries intensified Monday night when the Charlestown Town Council unanimously passed a resolution asking the Rhode Island Attorney General to look into what it called “irregularities” with Copar, Westerly Granite and the town of Westerly.
- Draft of new Maine mining rules raises concerns (8/20/13)
The state Department of Environmental Protection, working with an out-of-state contractor, has proposed new mining rules that already are sparking controversy