Tell the EPA to Permanently Kill the Pebble Mine and Save Bristol Bay

The Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to reject the disastrous Pebble Mine was a promising victory in the fight to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay – but it was a temporary one.

The mining company and its backers have already appealed the Army Corps’ decision and promised to fight tooth and nail to develop this proposed open-pit, gold and copper mega-mine.

If developed, it would produce 10 billion tons of mining waste that would threaten the health of Indigenous People and ecosystems that depend on the bay’s abundant wildlife, and it would worsen our climate crisis by emitting millions of tons of greenhouse gases.

We need a permanent solution. Tell the EPA to veto the dangerous Pebble Mine project once and for all and save Bristol Bay.

Photo: Ryan Peterson

The Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to reject the disastrous Pebble Mine project was a promising victory in the fight to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay – but it was a temporary one. The mining company and its backers have already appealed the Army Corps’ decision and promised to fight tooth and nail to develop this proposed open-pit, gold and copper mega-mine.

We need a permanent solution. Tell the EPA to veto the Pebble Mine project once and for all and save Bristol Bay.

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EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan

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Veto the Pebble Mine project and save Bristol Bay

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Dear Administrator Regan:

Last year, the Army Corps of Engineers rejected the Pebble Mine project, noting that that the proposed open-pit, gold and copper mega-mine poses "unavoidable adverse impacts" to the water and marine life of Alaska's Bristol Bay.

This decision was a promising victory in the fight to save Bristol Bay – but it was a temporary one. The mining company and its backers have already appealed the Army Corps' decision and will push for a new plan.

The people and wildlife of Bristol Bay deserve a permanent solution, so I'm calling on the EPA to veto this project once and for all.

The Yup'ik, Dena'ina, and Alutiiq Tribes have relied on Bristol Bay's world-renowned salmon fishery for generations, and they have been forced to spend decades leading the fight to shut down the Pebble Mine project so that it does not destroy their economic lifeline and land.

Furthermore, the watershed supplies half the world's sockeye salmon, and the fishery supports 15,000 jobs and generates $2.2 billion annually.

There is too much at stake to allow this project to move forward. Please use your authority under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act to stop the Pebble Mine.

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