Pebble Mine

Pebble Mine: A Bad Investment

Joel Reynolds | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Biogems, Alaska, Anglo American, Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Bristol Bay, Bristol Bay Mine, Pebble Mine Bristol Bay, Green News
Joel Reynolds

The Pebble Mine makes no sense environmentally, economically, culturally, or legally, and it ought to be abandoned.

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EPA: Proposed Alaska Mine Could Degrade Waterways, Impact Fish

AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Video, Alaska Pebble Mine, Pebble Mine Project, Pebble Mine Epa, Epa, Pebble Mine, Alaska Mining, Bristol Bay Alaska, Alaska Epa, Alaska, Bristol Bay, Ap, Green News

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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What's In the Name 'Environmentalist'?

Joel Reynolds | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Salmon, Angloamerican, Riotinto, Biogems, Nrdc, Alaska, Environmentalist, Sanonofre, Gregory Canyon Landfill, Pebble Mine, Keystone XL, Natural Resources Defense Council, Toll Road, Environmental Protection, Green News
Joel Reynolds

I care less about what people call themselves than which side they're on. In fact, I spend much of my time these days working with people in Alaska who don't consider themselves environmentalists -- and have no aspirations to be.

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Nearly 1 Million Petitions Against Pebble Mine

Joel Reynolds | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Pebble Mine Bristol Bay, Pebble Mine, Bristol-Bay-Mine-Nrdc, Pebble Mine Alaska, Bristol Bay Mine, Video, Green News
Joel Reynolds

The interests of all concerned -- the region's residents, the people of Alaska, the people of the United States and the world, the wildlife of Bristol Bay, and even the mining companies themselves -- dictate that it must be abandoned.

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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
Joel Reynolds

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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So Will That Be the Wild or Patented Salmon?

Peter Hanlon | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Pebble Mine, Salmon, Genetically Modified Food, Sustainable Seafood, Fish, Fda, Alaska Salmon, Genetically-Engineered-Fish, Bristol Bay Salmon, Genetically Modified Salmon, Green News
Peter Hanlon

It looks like 2012 will be the year of two salmons: one a genetically altered "Frankenfish" currently under review by the FDA, and the other an inhabitant of one of the world's last great wild salmon runs.

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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
Chris Wood

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

Read More: Salmon, Wild Salmon, Bristol Bay Salmon, Wild Salmon Bristol Bay, Salmon Bristol Bay, Pebble Mine, Alaska, Bristol Bay, Green News
Joel Reynolds

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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We're for Local Control (Except, of Course, When We Are Not)

Carl Pope | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Pebble Mine, Salmon, Alaska, Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Senator David Vitter, Green News
Carl Pope

If it was a good day for salmon in Bristol Bay, the signs were mixed elsewhere.

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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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It's Salmon vs. Gold In Alaska Mine Debate

AP | By BECKY BOHRER | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Gold Mine, Video, Copper Mine, Alaska Mine, Environment, Pebble Mine, Pebble Gold Mine, Alaska Salmon, Pebble Mine Alaska, Pebble Mine Debate, Pebble Mine Vote, Pebble Mine Bristol Bay, Green News

JUNEAU, Alaska -- The battle over a copper and gold mine near one of the world's premier salmon fisheries is headed to the ballot in a vote next week ...

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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
Ashley Koff

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
Joel Reynolds

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

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay, Mine Boycott, Zale, Alaska, Gold Mine, Copper Mine, Gold, Copper, No Dirty Gold, Tiffany, Ben Bridge, Helzberg, Green News

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

Read More: Rio Tinto, Anglo-American-Mining-Company-Alaska, Copper Poisoning, No Pebble Pledge, Caretakers of Our Land, Earth Day, Mining, Salmon Spawning, Tiffany & Co., Pebble Mine, Endangered Species, Alaska, Tundra, Nunamta Aulukestai, Bristol Bay, Green News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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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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
Joel Reynolds

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

Taryn Kiekow | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

Read More: Alaska Salmon, Alaska Fishing, Alaska Environment, Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay, Green News
Jeanne Devon (AKMuckraker)

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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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