'Unacceptable risk' of Alaska's Pebble Mine prompts EPA to keep proposed Obama-era mining restrictions » National Native News
In a surprise announcement, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is suspending its effort to reverse environmental protections for the Bristol Bay Watershed. That is a blow to the Pebble Mine proposed for southwest Alaska. Mine opponents praised the EPA's actions. "The fact that the Trump Administration is choosing to keep them in place and keep them on the shelf is a recognition Pebble Mine is too toxic--too toxic even for the Trump Administration," said Alannah Hurley with the United Tribes of Bristol Bay
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