SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 22 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: In a final agency decision issued last Friday on an administrative appeal, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) upheld a flawed waste management permit for exploratory drilling at the Palmer Project mine in Southeast Alaska while also determining that more work must be done to ensure Alaska's water quality standards are not exceeded due to wastewater from the mining project. The DEC rulin  more