A Rising Tide of Bristol Bay Residents Oppose Anglo American's Pebble Mine

Anglo American CEO should honor her promise not to build the mine against community opposition


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The most in-depth survey of local Alaska Natives' opinion on the Pebble Mine show that 79 percent of area Natives believe the mine would damage Bristol Bay's wild salmon fishery – a key resource that many residents depend on for income and food. Only 8 percent of those surveyed support the mine.

Coinciding with Anglo's annual shareholder meeting, on April 22nd Alaskan Native leaders and fishermen took out advertisements in the Business section of the London Times print and online editions to hammer this point home.

Read more about residents' opposition to the mine and the London Times ads

At meeting with EPA Chief, Lisa Jackson, residents united in opposition to Pebble

One by one, representatives of a dozen Southwest Alaska communities stood to tell the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of the threat they feel the massive Pebble mine prospect would pose to their way of life.  In an excerpt from an article in the Codova Times,
“If you take away who [...]

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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will be in Bristol Bay this week to hear about Pebble.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is traveling to Bristol Bay this week for a listening session on the Pebble Mine.
“I’m very glad they are coming out here,” said Robin Samuelsen, a Bristol Bay fisherman and president and chief executive officer of the Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp. “It’s about time that they conduct [...]

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Top scientist Rebuts Pebble On Misleading Statements

Top scientist, Jack Stanford, rebuts misleading statements made by the Pebble Limited Partnership (Anglo American and Northern Dynasty) about the impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine on the Bristol Bay salmon fishery.  Here’s a quick excerpt of the lead in to the article, but read the whole thing in the Anchorage Daily News.

“They stated in [...]

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