Aasif Mandvi delivers the fake news about Idaho’s two-headed fish from a creek below Simplot’s Smokey Canyon Mine. Selenium has been a problem associated with the massive amount of phosphate […]
Phosphate mining and our hope for change
Phosphate mining, its jobs, and its environmental impact are big things in SE Idaho- A lot of the folks I talked with today spontaneously and favorably brought up this article […]
Cattle deaths in Caribou Co, Idaho, attributed to selenium poisoning
Selenium poisoning is becoming a major problem in SE Idaho- The number of wildlife that die is unknown. There are many abandoned and active phosphate mines in SE Idaho. A […]
Local environmental groups ask a federal judge to halt the expansion of phosphate pit mine on Idaho/Wyoming border
This is a big issue in Pocatello and the southern part of the Greater Yellowstone- Environmental groups want E. Idaho mine injunction. AP. Idaho Statesman. It’s a classic jobs versus […]
Freudenthal gets more time on Idaho phosphate pit mine review
The JR Simplot Company wants a 1300 acre (2 square mile) expansion of its huge phosphate pit mine in Idaho on the Wyoming border. The federal government BLM just put […]