Really?

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell just appointed former Pebble Project spokesman Ben Mohr as his new fisheries policy advisor.

LINK (via:Alaska Dispatch News)

EPA proposes limits on Alaska’s Pebble Mine project

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposal Friday under the Clean Water Act that would limit mining activity in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed, striking a major blow to the proposed Pebble Mine.

LINK (via: The Washington Post)

The proposed determination will now be subject to a public comment period beginning July 21st and ending September 19th.

Be prepared to take action!

BBNC Nonprofit Divests Pebble Mine Gift Shares

The Bristol Bay Native Corp.'s Education Foundation is no longer an investor in the contentious Pebble Mine project, after deciding to sell stock which it had received as a gift.

LINK (via:KTUU)

Northern Dynasty accepts more mining claims near Pebble

In May, an agreement was finalized transferring 199 state mining claims on the Big Chunk "Super Project" site from Liberty Star Uranium & Metals to Northern Dynasty, the sole owner of the Pebble Mine project north of Iliamna.

Along with 95 mineral claims transferred in 2010, Northern Dynasty now owns 294 claims on the Big Chunk copper and gold deposit, which lies a few miles north of Pebble.

LINK (via: The Bristol Bay Times)

Grasping at Straws

Pebble Partnership sues to prevent EPA action against proposed mine

LINK (via: Anchorage Daily News)

Internal memos reveal EPA worked behind the scenes to kill Alaska mine project

Of course they did! It doesn't take a scientific review to determine that it's a bad idea to put a giant open pit copper mine on top of the world's greatest sockeye fishery.

The EPA just needs to kill Pebble and shut up Fox News, the Washington Times, Darrel Issa, David Vitter and Northern Dynasty once and for all.

In a statement Thursday, the EPA said the emails in question were "authored by a low level staffer stationed in Alaska who had no decision making authority for the Agency.

"Additionally, the focus should be on what the agency has actually done which is taking a deliberative approach based on the science. In fact, the agency leadership had not made a decision on whether to proceed to 404(c) action until the scientific analysis was complete," the EPA said.

LINK (via: Fox Faux News)