He's the first member of Alaska's current congressional delegation to speak out firmly in opposition to the mine
Monday, January 20, 2014 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Mines, Stop the Pebble 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
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