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Pebble Mine opponents put value of Bristol Bay fishery at......
....$1.5 billion dollars.
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Bristol Bay Underwater Fish Photo Kickstarter
Patrick Clayton will offer his Pebble Mine photography completely free of charge to any non-profit group opposed to Pebble Mine in return for donating something to this project. There are a limited number of opportunities for companies to get on board as well.
Kickstart Here
Senators likely to hit EPA nominee over ‘expensive powerplay’ with Pebble Mine
Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency nominee will get her confirmation hearing this week. McCarthy is expected to face questions regarding the EPA's spending taxpayer dollars holding meetings regarding environmental...Show More Summary
Shively throws Northern Dynasty Under the Bus
When asked recently about the Pebble Mine Wardrop Report submitted by Northern Dynasty to the SEC, and now at the center of a possible investigation, Pebble Partnership CEO John Shively had this to say.
I actually asked (Northern Dynasty) not to issue that report because I thought it was premature.
LINK (via: Commercial Fisherman for Bristol Bay)
Investigate Bristol Bay mine developer, Cantwell tells SEC
Northern Dynasty in February 2011 SEC Waldrop Report filing - "The proposed Pebble Mine design and specifications are feasible."
Northern Dynasty responding to the EPA in August of 2012 - The Waldrop Report is a “fantasy proposal.”
Maria Cantwell - Hello S.E.C.?
LINK (via: Alaska Public Radio)
I Want My Mommy
Senator David Vitter, serial john, diaper wearer, and top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, wants the EPA to stop undermining the Pebble Mine.
LINK
Of course those ever diligent Pebble Mine advocates at resourceful earth are applauding Saint Vitter.
House Republicans threaten subpoena over EPA Alaska (Pebble) mine study
Leave it to the Daily Caller to push all the pro Pebble talking points in this story about Republican push back on the EPA's Bristol Bay watershed assesment.
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have sent a follow-up letter to...Show More Summary
Redford - It's time to stop the Pebble Mine
Robert Redford asks us to join him in urging President Obama to stop the proposed Pebble Mine before it destroys Alaska's Bristol Bay. LINK (via:The Huffington Post)
Alaska's Militia Community Divided Over Pebble Mine
Still united when it comes to federal tyranny.
LINK
EPA Bristol Bay Pebble Mine Peer Review Report: Perpetual Management & Argument
Jack Caldwell has some thoughts on the recently released EPA Bristol Bay Peer Review report.
Correctly, I believe, the peer reviewers called on the EPA to provide more detail on how any mine in that part of the world will be looked after perpetually. Show More Summary
Pebble Mine Meets Weird Science
The top investigator for the science committee in the House of Representatives, Georgia Republican Rep. Paul Broun, wrote the EPA and said its study of the proposed Pebble mine in the Bristol Bay region fell short and shouldn’t be used to block development.
“These are serious concerns. Show More Summary
CEO of Anglo American, Pebble Mine’s biggest backer, has "resigned"
Under pressure from investors over the miner’s lagging share price, and continued dependence on troubled South Africa, Chief Executive Cynthia Carroll stepped down on Friday after more than five years in the job.
Despite cost cuts, analysts say that under Carroll, Anglo has lost one-third of its value on a U.S. Show More Summary
Pebble Partner in Business with Iran
Multi national mining conglomerates have never been afraid to do business with dictators and rogue nations when it comes to profits. The extractive resource industry not only has a track record of supporting oppressive regimes, it also has a long track record of empty promises when it comes to protecting the environment and indigenous cultures. Show More Summary
How do you know the Pebble Mine debate has reached new political heights?
When serial gas bag Grover Norquist takes to writing an op-ed on the proposed mine in Politico.
LINK
The Myth of "Monitoring in Perpetuity"
Donald Schweitzer calls bullshit on the Pebble Partnership's claim that they can monitor their toxic mining waste in perpetuity. Schweitzer's credentials? He is a former tenured senior scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory with...Show More Summary
Parker said the decisions "border on scandalous."
This could get interesting.
Legal settlment with State could effect Pebble Mine
The Alaska natural resources department will have to justify its rationale for how it re-designated land use in the Bristol Bay region nearly a decade ago,...Show More Summary
Pebble is strategic. It can and will be permitted.
The headline is a direct quote from page 29 of Northern Dynasty's September 2012 presentation on the Pebble Mine.
LINK (PDF)
What I really think of the Pebble Mine
(via: Rides and Rivers)
The Pebble Mine Parade of Cowards
Mining consultant Jack Caldwell skewers the Pebble Mine EPA Report peer review panel.
As I predicted and feared, the peer review panel opining on the EPA report on the Pebble Mine, turned out to be a group of cowards and academic ineptitudes.
LINK (via: I Think Mining)