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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 ...
Biden Administration makes revised proposal to protect key Alaska watershed
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Reuters) -The Biden administration made a revised proposal on Wednesday to ban the disposal of...
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...
EPA proposes restrictions in fight over Alaska mine
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed restrictions that would block plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay...
EPA proposes protections for Alaska salmon fishery, in blow to proposed mine
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Biden administration is moving toward protections for a major sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska —...
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 ...
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...
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 ...