Politics
Can copper, gold save towns near Mount St. Helens?
This story originally appeared on KUOW/EarthFix. Mining operations almost always touch off environmental opposition. So, when there’s talk
Eilís O'Neill
Eilís O'Neill is the EarthFix reporter at KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio in Seattle. Eilís (eye-LEASH) fell in love with radio as a 14-year-old high school intern at KUOW. Since then, she’s wandered t
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A coal mine could be revived in King County
The Pacific Northwest was once a coal mining powerhouse. In the late 1800s, the area around Oregon’s Coos Bay