Coal petition lacks merit, DNR rules
Environmental coalition told it failed to prove allegations that entire Chuitna River watershed could be harmed by coal mining
Last updated 7/29/2007 at Noon
Alaska's commissioner for the Department of Natural Resources, Tom Irwin, has rejected a petition to designate the Chuitna River watershed as unsuitable for coal mining. The petition was filed by non-profit law firm Trustees for Alaska on behalf of a group of people including the Chuitna Citizens NO-COALition, the Alaska Center for the Environment and Alaskans for Responsible Mining, who had ho...
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