Utah @lemmy.world t3chskel @lemmy.world 2mo ago

@sltrib More than 80% of the toxic chemicals released in Utah in 2022 came from a mining company, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

www.instagram.com The Salt Lake Tribune on Instagram: "More than 80% of the toxic chemicals released in Utah in 2022 came from a mining company, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Learn more through the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ (✍️: Megan Banta & Anastasia Hufham | 🎥: @Trevorchristensen)"

4,389 likes, 161 comments - sltrib on July 5, 2024: "More than 80% of the toxic chemicals released in Utah in 2022 came from a mining company, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Learn more through the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ (✍️: Megan Banta & Anastasia Hufham | 🎥: @Trevorchristens...

The Salt Lake Tribune on Instagram: "More than 80% of the toxic chemicals released in Utah in 2022 came from a mining company, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.⁠
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🔗 Learn more through the link in our bio.⁠
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(✍️: Megan Banta & Anastasia Hufham | 🎥: @Trevorchristensen)"

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Is there no link other than instagram?
- Here's the actual article: https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2024/07/08/heres-how-toxic-chemicals/
Hmmm. Guessing here, but probably magcorp
- Kennecott
  
  Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon Mine and the associated smelter. The Rio Tinto-owned mine produces copper used in electric motors and power lines, tellurium for solar panels and, in smaller quantities, such other precious metals as gold and silver.