On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A recent report describes transboundary Canadian gold mines as Ponzi schemes. NANA Regional Corporation announced on Wednesday that it plans to withdraw from the Ambler Road Project. And the state Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans to clean up the site where a cargo plane crashed and burned near Fairbanks.

Bjorn Dihle stands in front of acid mine drainage at the abandoned Tulsequah Chief Mine, which has been contaminating the transboundary Taku River for decades. Photo: Chris Miller