A major business deal has fallen through for the proposed Pebble Mine. A Canadian mining company, First Quantum Minerals, will no longer back the controversial project.
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After pushback, public comment period on Pebble Mine extended
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will take public comment on its initial scoping for an environmental permit through June
Walker admin says Army Corps of Engineers moving too fast on Pebble mine
Gov. Bill Walker has said he doesn’t support the mine and believes the priority should be on the region’s salmon.
New EPA head for Alaska talks Pebble, budget cuts and climate change
Hladick said his boss — EPA administrator Scott Pruitt — recently called him up seeking some local knowledge, on a hot topic for many Alaskans: the proposed Pebble Mine.
EPA admin’s Pebble decision surprised Murkowski, she says
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a decision to keep alive a proposal from the Obama administration to protect the headwaters of Bristol Bay, a proposal U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other Republicans had complained was egregious federal overreach.
EPA head reverses course on Pebble, saying it may pose ‘unacceptable’ risk
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt said the agency is suspending its effort to reverse an Obama-era proposal to put restrictions on the mine.