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Alaska gold, copper mine blocked over environmental worries
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Tuesday and blocked a...
EPA vetoes controversial Alaska mining project in effort to protect salmon population
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Environmental Protection Agency has vetoed a controversial proposed gold and copper mine in...
State of Alaska sues EPA over Pebble mine veto, asks Supreme Court to take up the case
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 26—WASHINGTON — The state of Alaska is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its final determination halting the Pebble mine, and is asking the Supreme Court to hear the case ...
EPA blocks mine project that threatened crucial Alaskan salmon runs
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Environmental Protection Agency moved to block the Pebble Mine in Alaska on Tuesday, preventing...
What Alaska leaders, advocacy groups and industries are saying about the EPA rejection of Pebble...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 1—The Environmental Protection Agency's decision on Tuesday to block development of the Pebble copper and gold mine in Southwest Alaska drew responses from a wide array of groups and Alaska ...
Alaska Railroad land lease could block long-pursued Fish Creek and Coastal Trail bike path...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 10—Anchorage residents and politicians are pushing back on a property owner's bid to lease a chunk of land near Fish Creek from the Alaska Railroad, a move that would likely block a long-awaited ...
EPA Uses Rare Veto to Protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay, Kill Pebble Mine
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday issued an order that will help protect one...
EPA regional administrator recommends killing Pebble mine, setting stage for final veto
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 2—Pebble Mine in Alaska The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday moved to deal a major blow to the proposed Pebble mine, a large copper and gold prospect in a salmon-rich Southwest ...
EPA issues long-awaited final determination halting Pebble mine
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 31—The Biden administration wielded a little-used tool on Tuesday to stop the controversial proposed Pebble mine in Southwest Alaska, issuing a final determination under the Clean Water ...
UPDATE 1-U.S. EPA's move to block Pebble project in Alaska 'unlawful' - CEO
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to block the proposed Pebble copper and gold mining project near Alaska's ecologically sensitive Bristol Bay watershed is "unlawful" ...