The Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana, headwaters for one of the largest and most costly Superfund cleanup sites in America and product of unregulated industry. The rising water in the pit, which rests astride Butte, is so toxic with the mining wastes of copper that migratory waterfowl dies when landing upon it and drinking its lethal stew. With the White House relaxing NEPA regulations pertaining to clean air, water and carbon emissions, could it open the gate for the controversial Pebble Mine in Alaska? Photo courtesy US EPA.
The Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana, headwaters for one of the largest and most costly Superfund cleanup sites in America and product of unregulated industry. The rising water in the pit, which rests astride Butte, is so toxic with the mining wastes of copper that migratory waterfowl dies when landing upon it and drinking its lethal stew. With the White House relaxing NEPA regulations pertaining to clean air, water and carbon emissions, could it open the gate for the controversial Pebble Mine in Alaska? Photo courtesy US EPA.