September 29, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, Governor Mike Dunleavy praised President Trump’s signing of the permit authorizing the Alaska to Alberta Railway Development Corporation to construct, connect, operate, and maintain railway facilities at the international boundary between the United States and Canada. The 1,600 mile project would run between northern Alberta to deep […]
ANCHORAGE— Friday, in a stunning change of direction that calls into question the validity and legality of the ongoing Pebble Mine permitting process and Environmental Analysis, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a new preferred road and infrastructure access route to the proposed mega-mine in Bristol Bay’s headwaters. Until Friday, Pebble’s preferred route, […]
Trump “can huff and puff all he wants: this pipeline isn’t getting built” President Donald Trump issued on Friday a new presidential permit to allow for the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. “This is a ridiculous attempt by Trump to skirt due process to benefit an oil corporation,” said 350.org executive director […]
Former Rio Tinto permitting expert concludes that proposed mine is “almost certainly not economically feasible,” with an estimated strongly negative net present value of -$3 billion. Why has the Pebble Partnership (“Pebble”) so stubbornly refused to provide a financial assessment in support of its permit application for the embattled mine it proposes to build […]