"Tribes have been disproportionately impacted by mining pollution and the Clean Water Act loopholes,” he maintains. “National Wildlife Federation is calling on the Obama administration to protect all of our communities from the chemicals, heavy metals, and acid drainage produced by modern mines."
The report reviews the history of the Zortman-Landusky gold mine near the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, which has been called one of the nation's worst mining disasters.
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