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Highway Hostess

...girth into me as I struggled in my two-inch heels to open the door for some fresh air. I managed to pull one of the heavy, metal-framed chairs against the bulkhead and sit her in it. Within minutes she was refreshed and recovered. Greg's...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-05/highway-hostess
Neighbors
New bill introduced to open up SE mines

...legislation to allow for 18 miles of road through a roadless area on Prince of Wales to the Niblack and Bokan Mountain heavy metal mines. The legislation is expected to be similar to Senate Bill S. 3330 Murkowski introduce in June of 2012 called...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-02-04/new-bill-introduced-open-se-mines
Local
BRIGHT MOMENTS OF 2012

...same instrument to an entirely different place with their red-hot performance at the JACC. Playing everything from heavy metal covers to classical pieces to original works composed on the spot, this quartet delivered a jaw-dropping performance...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-12-27/bright-moments-2012
Art
My Turn: Public process trampled by unilateral decisions

...would make it easier for cruise ships to dump upward of 800,000 million gallons of partially treated human wastes and heavy metals, including copper and zinc, into the Inside Passage waters in which we harvest our salmon, halibut, crab, and other...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-02-03/my-turn-public-process-trampled-unila
Opinion
Public input builds on wastewaster legislation

...community relies on marine life for subsistence. She said the foods she and her neighbors gather contain high quantities of heavy metals and pesticides."Metals bioaccumulate in the meat of our traditional animals in the food chain," Waghiwi said...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-08/public-input-builds-wastewaster-legisla
State
Cruising clean within reach

...contaminants actually harm salmon and other marine life. Somehow the presence of dozens of published studies on the effects of heavy metals and ammonia on marine species are overlooked; studies which definitively show negative to lethal affects from contaminants...

http://juneauempire.com/node/26304
Opinion
My turn: Is an operating mine needed to clean up the Tulsequah Chief site?

...but actually were on a pace to be over $4 million/yr. As a result acid mine drainage, and its associated toxic heavy metals, is probably once again flowing into the Tulsequah River. Previous inspections have found the discharge to be acutely...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-08-20/operating-mine-needed-clean-tulsequah
Opinion
Greens Creek Mine on the edge of growth

...subsurface water.Water, mixing with sulfides in the crushed rock, creates an acid. This acidic water can leach heavy metals from the tailings."The resulting fluids may be highly toxic and, when mixed with groundwater, surface water and...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-05-04/greens-creek-mine-edge-growth
Local
Feds overreach in Unalaska

...an unobtainable standard, water that flows through the landfill and becomes laden with heavy metals must be treated as wastewater, and these heavy metals prevent the wastewater-treatment technology from working. Unalaska had tried tirelessly...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-07-23/feds-overreach-unalaska
Opinion
My Turn: Where should the snow go?

...found in snow from our roads and driveways.Plowed and shoveled snow can contain oil, grease, sand, salt, garbage, heavy metals, antifreeze, and other chemical pollutants. After the snow melts these pollutants can clog drains, hurt plants and...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-12-04/my-turn-where-should-snow-go
Opinion

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