Northern Dynasty Minerals, whose Alaska based Pebble Limited Partnership seeks to build a large scale copper mine near the headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed, now wants to mediate over related issues. Northern Dynasty says that the Canadian mining firm and the US Environmental Protection Agency have filed a joint notice in federal court stating […]
Juneau, AK (August 12, 2016) – Senior officials from the United States (US) Department of State and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) traveled to Southeast Alaska last week to meet with tribes and the State of Alaska on trans-boundary mining activities occurring in Canada. Serious concerns have been raised regarding the impact mining activities have on the […]
WASHINGTON – The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued its report concluding a review of the agency’s actions and decision to conduct an assessment of Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. While the OIG found neither evidence of bias nor a pre-determined outcome on the EPA’s part, it noted […]
The former head of the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, Steven Osborne, was sentenced in Federal Court on Thursday, for theft of over $145,000 from that organization, the Department of Justice revealed on Thursday. Osborne, the former Executive Director of the non-profit tribal advocacy group from 2007 until his resignation in 2009, admitted in court to stealing […]