by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 27, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Featured photo: Michael Melford The Army Corps of Engineers began their public hearings in Naknek, AK on Monday for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement regarding the proposed Pebble Mine Plan. At the same time that residents from rural Alaska make arrangements to...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Mar 5, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
The Pebble people are pulling out all the stops. With the Trump and Dunleavy Administrations in power, Pebble knows now is the time to ram through a giant open-pit mine in the headwaters of the richest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. But Pebble knows a strong...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 28, 2019 | Clean Water, Pebble Mine, Salmon
We’ve reviewed dozens of Environmental Impact Statements over the years. And while they’re not our preferred bedtime reading, we were looking forward to seeing what the federal Army Corps had to say in the recently released Draft EIS (DEIS) for the proposed Pebble...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Feb 22, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine
The proposed Pebble mine in southwest Alaska stands out for a variety reasons, including the fact it would be the first large-scale, open pit mine in the headwaters of the Bristol Bay – the richest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. But with the recent release...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Jan 11, 2019 | Clean Water, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
I attended a presentation this week in Homer by Mark Hamilton, Vice President of External Affairs and mouthpiece for the Pebble mine, and it was remarkable on a couple fronts. First, the tone. Hamilton spoke down to the crowd like a seasoned used car salesman,...
