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Entries in Mines (83)

Sunday
Apr262015

Pebble sells surplus equipment

The Pebble Partnership is auctioning off surplus equipment ahead of another season of little to no work at its site north of Iliamna.

LINK (via: Alaska Dispatch News)

Thursday
Mar262015

Former defense secretary to investigate EPA evaluation of Alaska mine proposal

Seriously?

Former defense secretary in the Clinton administration William S. Cohen announced that his firm has been retained by the Pebble Partnership to investigate the EPA's evaluation of their Pebble Mine project.

LINK (via:Watchdog.org)

Thursday
Mar192015

Idaho river dredgers want it all in effort to snub feds

Rep. Paul Shepherd, R-Riggins, is sponsoring a bill, approved in committee and headed for a House vote, that says the state comprehensive water plan "shall allow for recreational prospecting and small-scale dredge mining without regulation, restriction, limitation or prohibition." It also exempts dredge miners from state laws prohibiting the alteration of stream channels, as well as state water quality requirements.

LINK (via: The Spokesman-Review)

Monday
Mar022015

Chuitna - More Than Salmon On The Line Trailer

Just 40 miles across the Cook Inlet from Anchorage lies the Chuitna River, one of the world’s last salmon strongholds that boasts runs of all five species of wild Pacific salmon.

Unfortunately, this unspoiled Alaskan wilderness is slated for destruction because of PacRim Coal’s proposal to develop one of the largest open pit coal mines directly through the salmon rich waters of the Chuitna River.

Chuitna chronicles the journey of conservation-minded fly fishermen who travel to Alaska’s unspoiled Chuitna Watershed to wade waist-deep into its salmon-rich waters and the fight to defeat the proposed Chuitna Coal Mine.

Join the effort to save the Chuitna!

TAKE ACTION HERE!

Saturday
Feb282015

"The real story here is the EPA’s abject wrongdoing in pursuit of its advocacy agenda"

John Shively Chairman of the Pebble Partnership penned a letter to the editor of the Washington in response to their recent story on the "Pebble Mine debate."

LINK

Saturday
Feb212015

Breaking News From Planet Bullshit

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to use its legal authority to stop the development of a gold mine in Alaska.

Tom Collier, CEO of the Pebble Partnership is set to fight this EPA challenge. He joins BNN to explain.

LINK

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