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Behind the Insatiable Global Demand for Copper
To get a good sense of the potential value of the copper buried below Alaska's Bristol Bay region, consider an unlikely economic indicator: copper thefts.
July 24, 2012
Live Chat Wed. 2 p.m. ET: Inside the Battle for Bristol Bay
Read a transcript of our live chat with the Anchorage Daily News' Lisa Demer, "Alaska Gold" writer, director and producer Ken Levis, co-producer Aaron Ernst and reporter Blaine Harden.
July 24, 2012
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Alaska Gold
FRONTLINE probes the fault lines of a growing battle in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, home to the world's last great wild sockeye salmon fishery – and enormous mineral deposits.
July 24, 2012
Treasure Hunt: The Battle Over Alaska's Mega Mine
Inside the fault lines of a growing battle in Alaska's Bristol Bay region, which hosts the world's last, great sockeye salmon fishery -- and mineral deposits worth up to $500 billion.
July 23, 2012
Reasons for Hope
I never really thought that making My Father, My Brother and Me would wind up re-orienting my life, but that's exactly what happened.
June 12, 2012
Fukushima Radiation Estimate Doubles, But Cancer Risk Lower Than Expected
The new findings come from three separate analyses presented this week by the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations.
May 25, 2012
First Post-Fukushima Safety Rules Approved by NRC
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission moved to adopt new safety regulations, eight months after the NRC's Fukushima task force issued its recommendations, and almost a year after the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.
March 2, 2012
Live Chat 3 p.m. ET: The Battle for Fukushima
Join our live chat on "Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown" on 2/29 at 3pm ET with producer Dan Edge and guest questioner Maggie Koerth-Baker, Boing Boing's science editor . You can leave a question now.
February 29, 2012