By Kyle Clayton
A group of citizens concerned about mining impacts in the Chilkat Valley, the Friends of the Chilkat and Klehini Rivers, commissioned a report from a Montana-based consulting company, Power Consulting, on the social costs of mining on rural communities.
The report, which cites about 24 studies related to extractive industries and small communities, details impact to mining communities in Appalachia, Canada and Australia that detail the “much broader range of impacts on…
