Copper mining left 200 million tons of waste in Michigan’s Torch Lake, and crews are now removing contaminated sediment from its Lake Linden shoreline | World News
Beneath the surface of Torch Lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula lies the legacy of more than a century of copper mining, roughly 200 million tons of waste material. Now crews are removing contaminated sediment from the lake’s shoreline. The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced on June 15, 2026 that it had started a $12…