Bristol Bay

Science in Defense of a National Treasure: EPA Releases Its Scientific Assessment of Large-Scale Mining

Joel Reynolds | Posted 05.21.2012

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After 15 months of study, the agency released in draft form for public comment an extensive scientific assessment of the Bristol Bay watershed undertaken to determine the potential impacts of large-scale mining.

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EPA: Proposed Alaska Mine Could Degrade Waterways, Impact Fish

AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 05.18.2012

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The possible failure of a dam holding waste from a large-scale mine near the headwaters of one of the world's premier salmon f...

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Pebble Mine: No Means No!

Joel Reynolds | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Alaska, Fisheries, Mining, Video, Rio Tinto, Pebble Partnership, Clean Water Act, Anglo American, Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay, Green News

The Pebble Mine is a reckless project, overwhelmingly opposed by the people who live there -- and one that the world cannot afford.

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Mr. President: Keep Wild Salmon on Our Plates!

Chris Wood | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Salmon, Bristol Bay Salmon Population, Alaska Salmon, Wild Salmon, Alaska, Bristol Bay, Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay Mining, Green News

Bristol Bay demonstrates that some places should be left free of industrial development because their natural resource values, and the benefits they provide to people, outstrip short-term development values.

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Southwest Alaska Residents Approve Initiative Barring Large-Scale Mining That Threatens Salmon

Joel Reynolds | Posted 12.21.2011

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In the Lake and Peninsula Borough, the residents have approved a prohibition against large-scale resource extraction that would destroy or degrade salmon habitat. In a historic result against enormous odds, the Save Our Salmon initiative has prevailed.

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PHOTOS: A Threatened Landscape In Southwest Alaska

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Alaska Photography, Nature Photography, Video, Nature, Pebble Mine, Wild Alaska, Bristol Bay Alaska, Alaska, Bristol Bay Pebble Mine, Alaska Photos, Bristol Bay, Green News

From Robert Glenn Ketchum: Southwest Alaska and Bristol Bay comprise a relative undisturbed habitat that supports the most productive wild salmon f...

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Alaska Voters Say No To Gold, Copper Mine

AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Alaska Salmon Fishing, Alaska Mining Industry, Video, Alaska Pebble Mine, Pebble Mine, Alaska Mining, Alaska Salmon, Alaska, Alaska Bristol Bay, Bristol Bay, Green News

JUNEAU, Alaska — The group promoting a massive gold-and-copper prospect near Alaska's Bristol Bay said Tuesday they plan to press on with their ...

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Senator Asks EPA To Protect Bristol Bay

AP | By MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Energy, Lisa Murkowski, Senator Maria Cantwell, Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, Maria Cantwell, Epa, Clean Water Act, Pebble Mine, Pebble Mine Proposal, Bristol Bay, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell said Monday she would oppose a proposed huge copper and gold mine near Alaska's Bristol Bay if stu...

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One Pebble, Epic Ripples: Why You Need to Help Save Bristol Bay

Ashley Koff | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Pebble Mine, Marine Life, Alaska, Bristol Bay, Seafood, Green News

It is an all too familiar story: a foreign corporation seeks to extract nonrenewable resources in a pristine, productive ecosystem.

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Robert Glenn Ketchum, Our Generation's Ansel Adams

Joel Reynolds | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Photography, Salmon, Biogems, Copper, Mining, Nrdc, Pebble Mine, Laguna San Ignacio, Gold, Alaska, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bristol Bay, Ansel Adams, Green News

While Robert Glenn Ketchum's name recognition can be debated, his impact on the world cannot. According to American Photo Magazine, he is "the most influential photographer you've never heard of."

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Why Wild Salmon Is Worth the Fight(video)

Nicole Betancourt | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Salmon, Video, Bristol Bay Mining, Wild Salmon, Gmo Salmon, Gmo, Bristol Bay, Paul Greenberg, Fake Salmon, Genetically Modified Salmon, Farm Salmon, Food News

Next year, developers plan to apply for permits for the construction of America's largest open-pit copper and gold mine, in the heart of Alaska's most valuable salmon runs. It's not too late for us to stop them if we act now.

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Pebble Mine -- Self Destruction (VIDEO)

Joel Reynolds | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Salmon, Bristol Bay, Contamination, Anchorage, Wildlife, Green News

Born and still living in the town of Dillingham on the shores of Bristol Bay, Holly's life revolves around the wild salmon fishery and she depends on its protection -- literally. Holly's view of the Pebble Mine? "Self-destruction."

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As Companies Gather for Shareholder Meetings, Opposition to Bristol Bay Mine Mounts

Robert Redford | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Salmon, Rio Tinto, Mining, Anglo American, Mitsubishi, Alaska, Alaska Wild Salmon, Bristol Bay Mining, Bristol Bay, Utah, Green News

I'm not against mining. I am against putting mega-mines where they don't belong.

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A Strategic Seafood Reserve?

Paul Greenberg | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Trout Unlimited, Strategic Seafood Reserve, Paul Greenberg, Bristol Bay, Pebble Mine Project, Bristol Bay Mining, Bristol Bay Salmon Population, Green News

The dire threat fisheries face from the proposed Pebble Mine project could potentially wreak havoc on the greatest known salmon spawning grounds left on earth -- Bristol Bay.

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Remembrances of Fish Lost

Paul Greenberg | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Salmon, Fisheries, Overfishing, Bristol Bay, Fish, Green News

Bristol Bay's salmon are worth more than $200 million a year to our nation. At what point will humans finally do the math and come to realize that "the overall benefits" of a region include salmon?

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PHOTOS: Alaska's Hidden Beauty

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alaska Wilderness, Environment, National Geographic Photos, Bristol Bay Mining, Bristol Bay, Slidefullscreen, Nature, Alaska Photos, Hidden Alaska, Green News

Can you put a pricetag on nature? Perhaps $350 billion? National Geographic's book "Hidden Alaska: Bristol Bay and Beyond," photographed by Michael ...

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Pebble Mine Boycott: Zale Among Major Jewelers Opposed To Alaska Mine

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The nation's second-largest jewelry retailer on Tuesday joined the opposition to a gold and copper mine being developed in s...

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Pebble Mine: Foreign Mining Companies' Scheme Would Poison America's Paradise

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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The British mining giant Anglo American is scheming to construct one of the world's largest copper and gold mines, the Pebble Mine, in the watershed above Alaska's pristine Bristol Bay.

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SHOCK: Offshore Drilling Decision Seems Unlikely To Result In GOP Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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As mentioned before, the conventional wisdom on President Obama's decision to backtrack on his previous support for a moratorium on drilling is that h...

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Obama Announces Drilling Policy In Front Of Toyota Prius Of Fighter Planes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama, despite having previously supported a moratorium on offshore oil drilling during the 2008 presidential campaign, has announced...

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Obama Oil Drilling Plan: East Coast, Alaska Waters Could Open For Drilling

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scroll down to watch video of President Obama arguing against offshore drilling during his 2008 presidential campaign. (Washington/AP) Reversing a ba...

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Say No Now to Pebble Mine

Joel Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alaska, Salmon, John Shively, Pebble Limited Partnership, Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay, Anglo American, Green News

Pebble Mine is a toxic disaster in the making and it should be abandoned. There is no compelling reason to allow a foreign consortium to destroy one of America's great national treasures.

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Pebble Mine, Dirty Gold, and the Corporate War on Alaska's Salmon

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker) | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alaska Salmon, Alaska Fishing, Alaska Environment, Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay, Green News

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday claiming that all the permits obtained by the giant proposed Pebble Mine violate the Alaska constitution. Skulduggery surrounding Pebble Mine? Imagine that.

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Captain Sig Hansen Speaks Out About Alaska's Deadliest Match

Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker) | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fish and Mining, Sig Hansen, Salmon, Alaska, Deadliest Catch, Pebble Mine Project, Bristol Bay, Green News

Captain Sig Hansen, well known for his featured status on Deadliest Catch has used his political capital, as it were, to speak out against Alaska's Deadliest Match; fish and the proposed Pebble Mine Project.

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Karl Rove, Sarah Palin and Tim Griffin Walk Into a Bar...

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why did Karl Rove's right-hand man and special assistant to George W. Bush, under Congressional investigation for felony vote caging, come to Alaska over 20 times last year?

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