Dear Neighbors, Today, for the second time, the Alaska House of Representatives failed to fund a new capital appropriations bill that allows Alaska to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. The funding for the bill failed Monday by a single vote. Senate Bill 2002 also included the much talked about “reverse […]
At last week’s launch of World Bank’s Climate-Smart Mining Facility, NRDC elevates importance of place and community, citing reckless Pebble Mine as poster child for “wrong mine, wrong place.” Last Wednesday in Washington, D.C., I was pleased to attend a gathering at the World Bank accompanying the launch of its climate-smart mining initiative—a public-private initiative based […]
In a new report, Cook Inletkeeper details the increasing scale of lobby expenditures by the Pebble Partnership to influence the timeline and approval of their inadequate scoping and rushed permit applications. Just two days ago The Pebble Partnership hired the man Politico called the “most powerful lobbyist in Trump’s Washington”, fitting evidence in the unfolding story of Pebble’s […]
Some politicians are dancing around the Pebble Mine. There’s nothing to dance about. While I can say the short truth – that this is the wrong mine in the wrong place – you might want some additional facts as you write your public comments. They are currently due by May 30. So far, our […]