Tag: Alaska
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Long-Awaited EPA Study on Pebble Mine Finds Potentially Catastrophic Impacts to Bristol Bay Salmon Fisheries
Completing a three -year scientific peer-reviewed process, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment today, concluding that Pebble Mine would have “significant” and even “catastrophic” impacts—including the certain dewatering, destruction and pollution of the Bristol Bay watershed. The proposed Pebble Mine would destroy up to 94 miles of streams,…
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Major Backer Pulls Out of Pebble Mine Project
One of the two major partners in the proposed mine for Alaska’s Bristol Bay region announced yesterday that it is backing out of the Pebble Mine project, citing financial risks. Anglo American, the London-based industry giant …
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Warming Climate Pushes Plants Up the Mountain
“If climate continues to warm, as the climate models predict, the subalpine mixed conifer forests on the tops of the mountains—and the animals dependent upon them—could be pushed right off the top and disappear.”
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61 Reasons This Is the Most Anti-Environment House of Representatives in History
What’s worse than a do-nothing Congress? It’s a do-something-bad Congress. That’s what we see today from the House GOP majority.
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61 Reasons This Is the Most Anti-Environment House of Representatives in History
What’s worse than a do-nothing Congress? It’s a do-something-bad Congress. That’s what we see today from the House GOP majority.