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| Global mining giants—including the Anglo American and Rio Tinto corporations—want to gouge one of the world’s largest open-pit gold and copper mines out of Alaska’s incomparable Bristol Bay wilderness. |
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is beind 99.25% of the pro-mining comments.
Are pro-mining forces trying to sway the Environmental Protection Agency on Pebble Mine?
Last month, I reported on the potential environmental threats posed by the massive proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska. The EPA conducted a watershed analysis, released in April, that showed that the mine would endanger rivers and the Bristol Bay, as well as the region's salmon fishery. The EPA extended the comment period through the end of June, allowing more time for the public to weigh in.
A number of organizations, both pro- and anti-Pebble, had circulated mass mailings asking supporters to comment. You've seen the type; they're form letters that people can sign onto via email. As of Friday, pro-mining groups had generated 118,294 comments from those mass mailings. But 117,401 of those comments—or 99.25 percent—came from a single group called Resourceful Earth...
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Are pro-mining forces trying to sway the Environmental Protection Agency on Pebble Mine?
Last month, I reported on the potential environmental threats posed by the massive proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska. The EPA conducted a watershed analysis, released in April, that showed that the mine would endanger rivers and the Bristol Bay, as well as the region's salmon fishery. The EPA extended the comment period through the end of June, allowing more time for the public to weigh in.
A number of organizations, both pro- and anti-Pebble, had circulated mass mailings asking supporters to comment. You've seen the type; they're form letters that people can sign onto via email. As of Friday, pro-mining groups had generated 118,294 comments from those mass mailings. But 117,401 of those comments—or 99.25 percent—came from a single group called Resourceful Earth...
MORE > Are pro-mining forces trying to sway the EPA on a massive proposed mine in Alaska? http://t.co/18KvzRMUbZ by @kate_sheppard (via @MotherJones)
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1> PETITION > Pebble Mine Project Endangers Bristol Bay, Alaska | Save BioGems
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Proposed Pebble Mine stirs opposition > blogs.seattletimes.com/opinion
West Coast senators want Alaska’s Bristol Bay protected > http://blogs.seattletimes.com/
Bristol Bay - Running Line - American Angler Magazine
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