![]() EPA: Bristol Bay is a “one-of-a-kind ecosystem” ![]() Citing a provision of the Clean Water Act, the EPA effectively vetoed the project, putting the mine’s future in serious jeopardy and simultaneously striking a blow for clean water, healthy fisheries, and the cultural heritage of Alaska’s Indigenous peoples. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially agreed. And ever since the Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska, was first proposed more than 20 years ago, a broad coalition made up of local residents, tribal members, commercial fishers, hunters, and environmental groups- including NRDC-has been saying so. ![]() Creating a massive open-pit gold and copper mine near the world’s largest salmon fishery has always been a terrible idea. ![]()
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