This episode draws a line from the past to the present. From the mercury contaminated waters of Elem Indian Colony on shores of Clearlake, where I grew up near the Sulphur Bank Mine, to the proposed Resolution Copper mine at Oak Flat.

We talk about what happens with poisoned water, collapsed land, and promises that never benefit the people. Oak Flat isn’t just an Indigenous issue, it’s an environmental crisis that will impact everyone in the region and state of Arizona.

I break down the dangers of block caving, the 250 billion gallons of water the mine will drain, and how Arizona’s groundwater laws are failing us all. What happened at Elem Indian Colony of the Elem Pomo people, is happening again. We still have time to stop it.