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Lisa Reimers The Hill 8/31/2012 Today in Alaska, there’s a political battle raging over a proposed copper mine, the Pebble Project. Not many in Washington, D.C. know about it, but it’s time people start paying attention. That’s because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is about to lock some of America’s poorest communities into a permanent […] September 1st, 2012 | Tags: Bristol Bay, Clean Water Act (CWA), Department of Natural Resources, mineral development, mining, Pebble Mine, poverty | Category: 10th Amendment, Alaska, Economy, Environmental Protection Agency, Science/Research/Technology | Comments are closed
Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller 8/16/2012 The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) preemptive assessment of the Pebble Mine in Alaska could have a “chilling effect” on $220 billion in investments, according to the Brattle Group, an economic and financial consulting firm. In May, the EPA released its watershed assessment of large-scale mining by Pebble LP at […] August 16th, 2012 | Tags: Bristol Bay, Clean Water Act (CWA), coal, copper, gold, mining, Pebble Mine, Rep. Darrell Issa, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, water | Category: Alaska, China, Economy, Employment, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Science/Research/Technology | Comments are closed
Phil Taylor The New York Times 6/16/2011 The Obama administration today said a proposal from House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) to expedite oil and gas leasing and energy infrastructure permitting in an Alaska reserve could force federal regulators to flout environmental laws and includes a costly, redundant resource assessment. Mike Pool, deputy director […] June 20th, 2011 | Tags: Bristol Bay, Bureau of Land Management, Gov. Sean Parnell, House Natural Resources Committee, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, National Petroleum Reserve, Pebble Mine, Rep. Doc Hastings, Sen. Lisa Murkowski | Category: Alaska, Barack Obama, Congress, Energy, Environment, Politics | Comments are closed
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