He's the first member of Alaska's current congressional delegation to speak out firmly in opposition to the mine

Another nail in the Pebble coffin.

Alaska Sen. Mark Begich says that he's concluded the proposed Pebble mine cannot be developed without harming the Bristol Bay region's world-famous red salmon runs.

"Wrong mine, wrong place, too big," Begich said in an interview. "Too many potential long-term impacts to a fishery that is pretty critical to that area but also to Alaska, to world markets."

LINK (via: Anchorage Daily News)

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/01/19/3281944/begich-on-pebble-wrong-mine-wrong.html#storylink=cpy

Comments

[flatheadmatt]

too little wayyyyy too late. Amazing how they grow a set and speak out for peoples causes once they realize they are going to be elected out. Pathetic....he could have lead a charge way earlier...

[swittersb]

I agree with FlatHeadMatt....you have never had a more powerful fucking bunch of Czarist in office and still the whole issue sets there....is everyone delusional? Seriously....Mr. Executive/Fuck the Constitution Barack has done nothing. What a piece of shit!

[Kodiak jack]

Way to make a stand 8yrs after the fact - this douche is what's wrong with politics! Wasn't long ago he was making commercials supporting Mining in Alaska!