The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
Federal agency chooses to conduct study on the effects of large-scale development on Bristol Bay; lawmakers encouraged, concerned
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to preemptively strike down the possibility of building a mine at the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project, at least for now. Instead, the federal agency has decided to take a year to study the potential effects of large-scale development on Southwest Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed where Pebble is located.
EPA said its decision to conduct t...
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