The mining industry has had a devastating impact on ecosystems worldwide. Is there any hope in sight?

By Alastair Bland
smithsonian.com

“…the Environmental Protection Agency has reported that 40 percent of watershed headwaters in the western United States have been contaminated by mining operations. Many of these are tiny sites, and there are, overall, roughly 500,000 defunct metal mines in 32 western states that the EPA has plans to clean up. Remediation of these sites may cost more than $35 billion.” Read Full Article