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AM Headlines — 6.24.09

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Jerry Harmon, the surface general supervisor for the Kensington Mine, receives a hug from Rep. Cathy Munoz, R-Juneau, during a lunchtime rally on the steps of the Capitol in Juneau, Alaska, on Monday, after the Supreme Court upheld the government's decision to issue permits to use Lower Slate Lake to hold mine tailings. The Supreme Court upheld a federal permit to dump waste from the Idaho-based Coeur d'Alene Mine Co.'s gold mine into Lower Slate Lake in the Tongass National Forest, even though all its fish would be killed. Environmentalists feared the ruling could weaken protection of other lakes, streams and waterways from mining waste. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn)

Question: Do you support the decision by the Alaska Supreme Court to allow the Coeur d'Alene Mine Co. to dump pilings into a Tongass National Forest Lake?



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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