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Big Stakes at Pebble Mine: NRDC Launches Bristol Bay BioGem Campaign

Taryn Kiekow | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Seals, Salmon, Bristolbay, Biogems, Whales, Mining, Bristol Bay Salmon Population, Ecosystem, Environment, Pebble Mine, Alaska Mining, Cook Inlet Beluga Whale, Bristol Bay Mining, Ecosystem Protection, Green News
Taryn Kiekow

Although the foreign mining partnership claims that it will "respect all of Alaska's natural resources," the stakes are too great to roll the dice.

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Manufactured Protesters Are Killing Democracy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Stimulus Money, Boston Patriots, Keith Olbermann, Don Young, Sarah Palin, Tea Baggers, Americans for Prosperity, Brett Gibson, Alaska Bar, Mccain-and-Greenberg-Traurig, Socialist, Bernie Madoff, Tarp, Tim Phillips, Arctic Paws, Freedom Works, Pebble Mine, Vanity Fair, Duane Gibson, Kenai River Classic, Alaska Legislature, Brooks Brothers Riot, 2000 Florida Recount, Livingston Group, Fake Outrage, Rachel Maddow, Thomm Hartmann, Ponzi Scheme, Fox News, Birthers, Stimulus Funds, Astro-Turfing, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

The "Tea Party" movement flies in the face of what the true patriots in Boston stood for. Corporate lobbying-run groups are creating the illusion of grass roots protests at the health care town hall meetings.

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

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Alaska Salmon, Alaska Fishing, Alaska Environment, Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay, Green News
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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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It's Not Sarah's Fault...Just Ask Her

Shannyn Moore | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Levi, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Tim Griffin, Troopergate, Blame, Todd Palin, Talis Colberg, Shannyn Moore, Obama, Ethics Complaints, Walt Monegan, Department of Health and Human Services, Rahm Emanuel, Branchflower Report, Bristol, Sarah Palin, Pebble Mine, Sarah Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Fault, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

When it comes to taking responsibility for her failures, Sarah Palin is completely unaccountable. Her finger is always pointed at the most convenient scapegoat.

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Sarah Palin Blames Bloggers

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Troopergate, Ashley Judd, Charlie Gibson, Alaska Bloggers, Pebble Mine, Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Kaite Couric, Walt Monegan, Juenau Dems, Wayne Anthony Ross, Sarah Palin, Gobblegate, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

When it comes to taking responsibility for her failures, Sarah Palin is George W. Bush with lipstick: nothing is ever her fault.

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

Shannyn Moore | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Ben Ginsberg, Anglo-American-Mining-Company-Alaska, Alaska, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, Tim Griffin, Pebble Mine, Sarah Palin, Mercury Public Affairs, Don Young, US Attorney Firings, Swift Boat Veterans, Bristol Bay, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

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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Clean Water Act Challenged By Mining Industry

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Mining, Water, Clean Water Act, Clean Water, Environment, Supreme Court, Green, Conservation, Mine Tailings, Water Erosion, Alaska and Mining, Sarah Palin Environment, Earthjustice, Pebble Mine, Pebble Mine Sarah Palin, George Bush Environment, Green News
Cindy Letchworth

Mine tailings are waste. They are the left-overs after metal separation has occurred. Once the extractions are finished, the rocks remaining are often full of arsenic, lead and cadmium.

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Palin Oozes Abuse of Power or Liar Liar Palin on Fire!

Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pebble Mine, Election, Ted Stevens, Abuse of Power, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

The picture we Alaskans and the rest of America have of Governor Palin is becoming clearer by the day. It's now widely known that the Governor of Alas...

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Palin Being Investigated For Another Possible Ethics Violation

Washington Post | Alec MacGillis | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pebble Mine, Palin Ethics Investigation, Palin Mine Investigation, Pebble Mine Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Politics News

For months, the confrontation mounted, a face-off that arguably held in the balance the fate of two of Alaska's biggest industries. On one side were c...

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