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Jewelers speak out against Pebble Project

Environmental groups Earthworks and Oxfam America solicit support from major retailers for campaign to protect Bristol Bay fishery

Five of the nation's leading jewelry retailers - Tiffany & Co., Ben Bridge Jeweler, Helzberg Diamonds, Fortunoff, and Leber Jeweler, Inc. - pledged their support Feb. 12 to efforts to permanently protect the Bristol Bay watershed from large-scale metal mining, including the massive proposed Pebble gold mine.

The retailers, who reported $2.2 billion in sales in 2006, spoke out just before Valentine...

 

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