Pebble Mine Related News and Media

A Medium Corporation - March 2, 2019
Trump’s Poison Pill for Alaska Salmon
In the most important land-use decision in North America in our time, an essentially eternal supply of food is pitted against an essentially eternal supply of poison. In Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency — poison wins.

FlyLords Magazine - February 28, 2019
Pebble Mine’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement Released….Grim Outlook For Bristol Bay

CNN - July 25, 2018
Pebble causes new ripples of worry

Outsider Magazine Op-Ed - June 11, 2018
Alaska's Pebble Mine Somehow Just Got Worse

KTOO Public Media - June 21, 2018
Alaska steps into legal battle over hard rock mining regulation

The Pebble Partnership - June 30, 2018
Walker is Wrong on Pebble Permitting Process

Daily News-Miner - July 2, 2018
Salmon fishing more important than Pebble Mine

Inlet Keeper - June 6, 2018
Pebble Redux

EPA - June 18, 2018
EPA and Army Announce Updated Guidance for Alaska’s Wetlands Joint memorandum of agreement highlights federal permitting flexibility while ensuring continued environmental protection.

The Synapse - March 4, 2015
Traditional Knowledge and 150 mile trek around Lake Iliamna

E&E News PM - June 18, 2018
Trump admin strengthens wetland-offset requirements

GreenWire - May 31, 2018
Pebble mine foes find an unlikely friend at EPA

NRDC - June 11, 2018
Another Major Investor Leaves the Pebble Mine

NBC Nightly News - February 3, 2018
Proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska could threaten world’s largest salmon fishery

The Hill - February 1, 2018
Uncertainty swirls around Pebble Mine after EPA surprise

KDLG Public Radio - March 21, 2018
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take public comment on proposed Pebble Mine in April

DESMOG Canada - April 17, 2017
B.C. Quietly Grants Mount Polley Mine Permit to Pipe Mine Waste Directly Into Quesnel Lake

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Report
Northern Dynasty Report

Alaskapublic.org - April 12, 2018
Army Corps addresses criticism of environmental review process for Pebble
This move was criticized by mine opponents like the United Tribes of Bristol Bay, which said the Army Corps was trying to “avoid”...

Alaskapublic.org - April 16, 2018
At USACE scoping meetings in Iliamna Lake region, locals express concerns about Pebble
Jr. of Levelock voiced unease about the icebreaking ferry the Pebble Limited Partnership plans to run across Iliamna Lake every day to...

SeafoodNews - April 6, 2018
Pebble Limited Partnership Lays Out Smaller Mine Plan
The Pebble Limited Partnership is changing its plans and its tone as it continues its permitting process...

KDLG - April 5, 2018
Northern Dynasty and First Quantum extend deadline for finalizing Pebble option agreement

KDLG - April 16, 2018
At USACE scoping meetings in the Iliamna Lake region, locals express concerns about Pebble Mine plan
Corporation and Bristol Bay Native Corporation were there to suggest resources of concern and alternatives to the proposed Pebble Mine plan...

KDLG - April 18, 2018
USACE holds takes public comment on Pebble Project in Dillingham, format generates frustration
Army Corps of Engineers held a public scoping meeting about the proposed Pebble Mine in Dillingham Tuesday...

KDLG - April 24, 2018
DNR renews Pebble’s state land use permit, announces Bristol Bay Advisory Group
...A one-year exploration permit maintains robust oversight of the Pebble Limited Partnership as the company conducts reclamation, monitoring,...

The Cordova Times - April 13, 2018
Corps extends comment period on Pebble project

Alaska Business Monthly - April 23, 2018
DNR Revives Bristol Bay Advisory Group and Issues Pebble Exploration Permit
Separately, DNR has issued a permit for the Pebble Limited Partnership to conduct activities in the 2018 field season on its...

State of Alaska - April 6, 2018
BRIEF EXTENSION OF MULTI YEAR HARDROCK EXPLORATION AND RECLAMATION PERMIT A20176118 WITHIN THE BRISTOL BAY MINING DISTRICT, PEBBLE PROJECT
On December 8, 2017, the operator, Pebble Limited Partnership, applied for a Multi-Year 2018-2022 Hardrock Exploration and...

The Alaska Journal of Commerce - April 6, 2018
Corps of Engineers extends Pebble scoping period
Regulatory officials managing the Pebble review said when Pebble Limited Partnership submitted its environmental permit applications in...

The Alaska Journal of Commerce - April 11, 2018
Pebble owners working to refine economics of smaller plan
Pebble Limited Partnership has filed with federal regulators for the key environmental permits for the company’s proposed mine, but whether...

4 Traders - April 6, 2018
USACE Alaska District : Corps extends public scoping period for Department of Army permit application 2017-271 Pebble Limited Partnership, Environmental Impact Statement

4 Traders - April 19, 2018
State of Alaska : Governor praises DNR decision to re-establish Bristol Bay Advisory Group
Bristol Bay Advisory Group and separately issued a permit for Pebble Limited Partnership to conduct activities on its mining claims in the...

KTOO Public Media - April 12, 2018
Army Corps addresses criticism of environmental review process for Pebble
This move was criticized by mine opponents like the United Tribes of Bristol Bay, which said the Army Corps was trying to “avoid”...

Alaskapublic.org - April 19, 2018
USACE takes public comment in Dillingham on Pebble Project, format generates frustration
At the other six public scoping meetings in Bristol Bay, the Army Corps provided a live microphone for people to...

National Memo - April 7, 2018
EPA Stifles Opposition To Giant Alaska Mining Dump

KTUU.com - April 6, 2018
Corps extends comment period for Pebble Mine review
The Pebble Limited Partnership wants to develop a copper and gold mine near a...

E&E News - April 20, 2018
BRISTOL BAY: Conservatives keep up pressure on Pruitt over Pebble
Mining industry trade groups today kept up pressure on EPA chief Scott Pruitt to kill off proposed restrictions for the Pebble mine project....

E&E News - April 25, 2018
BRISTOL BAY: How Pruitt found middle ground on Pebble mine
Scott Pruitt shocked many when he reversed course on withdrawing Obama-era proposed mining restrictions in Alaska's Bristol Bay region....

Anchorage Daily News - April 6, 2018
Following pressure from Murkowski and others, Pebble comment period extended
Pebble Limited Partnership has proposed building the mine at a site straddling...

Anchorage Daily News - April 19, 2018
Bristol Bay advocates argue against Pebble in D.C.
WASHINGTON — Anti-mine advocates with the Bristol Bay Native Corp. made the rounds in Washington, D.C., this week to get a word in with...

Anchorage Daily News - April 19, 2018
Pebble protesters rally in Anchorage as Army Corps gets input on environmental review
The permit maintains robust oversight of the Pebble Limited Partnership as the company conducts reclamation, monitoring, and...

Anchorage Daily News - April 22, 2018
Alaskans, it’s time to comment on the Pebble mine
The Pebble Limited Partnership is continuing to advance its controversial mining project near Bristol Bay by forging ahead with its...

ATT.com - April 20, 2018
Bristol Bay advocates argue against Pebble in D.C.
With regulators and lawmakers about the ongoing permit process for the proposed Pebble Mine...

Smithsonian.com - April 11, 2018
These Are America’s Ten Most Endangered Rivers
...reversed that decision and has reopened the permitting process for the Pebble Mine. Other notables on the list include the Boundary Waters...

EnvironmentGuru - April 1, 2018
Why we must help Bristol Bay now
US government is attempting to fast track the permitting process for Pebble Mine, a development that the US Environmental Protection Agency...

Peninsula Clarion - April 1, 2018
Voices of Alaska: A call to fishermen

Publicnow - April 2, 2018
WWF Statement on the Latest Pebble Mine Decision
While the design plans may have changed, the risk this mine brings to Bristol Bay's salmon fishery has not...

Sewardjournal.com - April 3, 2018
A Call to Fishermen

Peninsula Clarion - April 4, 2018
Pebble lays out smaller mine plan
The Pebble Mine, a gold, copper and molybdenum mine proposed for the Bristol Bay region in southwestern Alaska, has...

E&E News - April 4, 2018
BRISTOL BAY: Critics target Pebble partner
Critics of the proposed Pebble mine this week renewed their pressure on a Canadian mining company to drop its investment in the...

The Cordova Times - April 5, 2018
DNR urges more prep time for Pebble EIS
In a related action, 50 fishing and hunting firms and organizations with a stake in healthy Bristol Bay...

E&E News - April 5, 2018
BRISTOL BAY: Conservative heavyweights hammer Pruitt on Pebble

April 6, 2018 - April 6, 2018
Corps extends comment period for Pebble Mine review
The corps initially set a 30-day comment period for the public to comment ahead of an environmental review of the proposed Pebble mine...

Sightline Institute - April 6, 2018
Weekend Reading
to another mining adventure, in a follow-up to our article on Pebble Mine and Bristol Bay, the company has now filed for a federal permit to...

The Cordova Times- April 6, 2018
Commentary: A call to fishermen

KTUU.com - April 7, 2018
Fisheries bill draws public testimony from across Alaska
Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust director Tim Troll, speaking at the Anchorage legislative offices Saturday. “In a place like Bristol Bay, we...

Entrepreneur - April 7, 2018
Protect the Environment, Protect Your Business
One region's story: Bristol Bay.\n\nFor the past decade, I’ve been involved in the battle to protect the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, which...

Peninsula Clarion - April 8, 2018
Salmon habitat bill still milling in House Fisheries committee
Development projects threatening salmon streams — chiefly the proposed Pebble Mine in the Bristol Bay region and the Donlin Gold Mine near...

National Fisherman - April 10, 2018
Pebble Mine comment period extended to June 29

Homer News - April 19, 2018
Corps of Engineers holds Pebble scoping meeting

KTUU.com - April 19, 2018
Pebble Project protestors rally as Army Corp of Engineers scoping continues

News Archive

Global News - August 07, 2014
Former Mount Polley Mine employee speaks out about the tailings pond breach

CBC News - August 06, 2014
Mount Polley mine spill threatens B.C. sockeye salmon run
Department of Fisheries and Oceans bans salmon fishing in Cariboo and Quesnel rivers...

CBC News - August 06, 2014
Mount Polley mine tailings spill: Imperial Metals could face $1M fine
Company ordered to stop pollution immediately and provide environmental impact assessment...

SkyTruth - August 5, 2014
More detail on the Landsat 8 image of the Mt. Polley mine disaster in Canada

CBC News - August 5, 2014
Tailings ponds for mining and oilsands waste: FAQs
What's in them, what makes them risky and how they're regulated...

CBC News - August 05, 2014
Mount Polley Mine tailings water 'very close' to drinking quality, company says
Imperial Metals president Brian Kynoch says he would drink water from tailings pond that leaked into rivers...

Alaska Dispatch - April 07, 2014
Following Anglo American's lead, Rio Tinto leaves Pebble project
In September, London-based Anglo American withdrew from the Pebble Partnership, taking a $300 million hit for doing so. In December...
Alaska Dispatch - April 07, 2014
Rio Tinto's donation of Pebble share is an investment in the company's future in Alaska
...understand that other investors will have different perspectives. Judge sides with Pebble Partnership, state on 'Save Our Salmon' initiative Rio Tinto...

CBS Seattle - CBS Local - April 07, 2014
Rio Tinto To Give Away Pebble Mine Project Shares
Rio Tinto To Give Away Pebble Mine Project Shares JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A major shareholder of a company behind a contentious Alaska mine project...

Alaska Dispatch - April 06, 2014
Rio Tinto pulls out of Pebble Partnership, gifting its stake to Alaska organizations
Rio Tinto pulls out of Pebble Partnership, gifting its stake to Alaska organizations Months after saying it would reassess its involvement in...
Juneau Empire - March 30, 2014
Opinion: Alaska's environmental standards aren't the best in the world
...from state politicians in defense against the EPA s involvement in the Pebble Mine issue. It is also a statement posted on several resource industry...
Environment & Energy Publishing - March 28, 2014
Lawsuits come and go, but debate over EPA veto rages on
...authority to initiate the Section 404(c) veto process for the proposed Pebble Mine Project, for which the Corps has made no such specification...
Alaska Journal of Commerce - March 27, 2014
Ordinance shot down for superseding state
The Alaska Journal of Commerce - March 27, 2014
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059996932
...superseding state The Save Our Salmon initiative billed as a way to stop Pebble mine was struck down March 19 in state Superior Court when Judge John...
Alaska Public Media - March 28, 2014
Alaska Edition March 28,2014
Opponents of the Pebble Mine lose a court battle, amongst other stories...
10 August, 2013
Parnell must do the right thing for Alaska's salmon habitat.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130810/parnell-must-do-right-thing-alaskas-salmon-habitat
9 July, 2013
Sen. Lisa Murkowski criticizes planners of proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/07/09/196205/sen-lisa-murkowski-criticizes.html
2 July, 2013
Forget the fish, Alaska's share of revenue too small to allow Pebble
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130702/forget-fish-alaskas-share-revenue-too-small-allow-pebble

National Geographic 11/16/2012
Alaska's Clash Over Salmon and Gold Goes National

Alaska Dispatch 11/03/2012
Leadership changes at Anglo American raise questions about Alaska's Pebble mine

Alaska Dispatch 10/13/2012
Pebble Mine's Keystone 'science' worse than NFL replacement refs

The Hill, 09/26/2012:
Majority of Bristol Bay residents oppose Pebble mine

The Seattle Times, 09/25/2012
Op-ed: Proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay threatens Seattle's salmon industry

Truthout, 09/21/2012
Debate on Proposed Alaska Mine Waste Storage Facility Spreads the Myth of "Monitoring in Perpetuity"

KDLG, 09/05/2012
Keystone Center to review Pebble EBD

Juneau Empire, 08/27/2012
Pebble Mine proposal is ethical Armageddon

Indian Country Today, 08/23/2012
Alaska Requests Superfund Status for Abandoned, Mercury-Oozing Red Devil Mine

Portland Monthly, 08/23/2012
Red Sea: At Alaska’s wild Graveyard Point, a Portland family works to reinvent the salmon business

EPA released for public comment (on 05/18/2012)
a draft scientific study of the Bristol Bay Watershed.
See all EPA study related News and Media articles

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