Stop Pebble Limited
@HelpStopPebble
Help Alaskans stop foreign mining company Northern Dynasty from destroying local land and industry.
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Yesterday a packed house in Bristol Bay told @LisaMurkowski that people want protection for their fish & way of life:
"Salmon alone generate nearly a billion dollars." Fish need trees, too. @nytimes nyti.ms/1pMBldV #salmon #alaska
The runoff from copper and gold mining (Pebble's main deposits) contains sulfuric acid and cyanide. That runoff is stored nearby.
Fishery Groups Defend EPA Action on Pebble Mine via @thehill @SaveBristolBay thehill.com/regulation/ene…
The most telling part of @TheAtlantic's article on Pebble Mine? This correction: twitpic.com/dym59v bit.ly/1iwIGMK
theatlantic.com
Is Alaska's Pebble Mine the Next Keystone XL?
The push to open a gold-and-copper mine in a rich fishing area has split Alaskans along unusual political lines.
Lake Iliamna, just downstream from the proposed Pebble Mine, covers 1,012 sq mi—approaching the size of Rhode Island:
See this map of ≥ 4.0 quakes near the Pebble site since 1964, and ask: could a waste dam there survive this? twitpic.com/dzk17t
FACT: If built, Pebble Mine would swallow up 186 sq. miles—the equivalent of 90,000 football fields. twitpic.com/e0wkrm
What's #PebbleMine's plan? Is it hiding behind lawyers? bit.ly/1vRfrdD #NoPebble #bristolbay #Alaska #flyfishing
Facts are facts, @PebbleProject: a peer-reviewed report shows that Pebble would put Bristol Bay at risk. bit.ly/1iIEJAs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has postponed two mining information sessions scheduled this week in Dillingham and Newhalen.
For @SenatorBegich, what makes Pebble the wrong mine at wrong place is plain & simple: bit.ly/1mBK55q
.@TiffanyAndCo, you’re a gem of a friend for running this ad in the Washington Post: bit.ly/1e6ZmVS
FACT: close to 1/2 of the world’s sockeye salmon — 47% — comes from Bristol Bay, Alaska.
"The global mining firm Rio Tinto announced Monday that it will divest its … stake in the controversial Pebble Mine”: wapo.st/1hmnWZ9
washingtonpost.com
In another blow to Pebble Mine, Rio Tinto pulls out
Mining giant Rio Tinto has pulled out of Alaska's Pebble Mine, dealing another blow to the project.
FACT: The 86 miles of roads needed to support Pebble would affect 64 rivers & streams—55 of which support salmon.
Tweeting live from Fishermens Terminal Save Bristol Bay rally with Senator Cantwell. About to kick things off!!
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