Help Stop the Pebble Mine

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The Trump administration is paving the way for the disastrous Pebble Mine — the toxic, gold and copper mega-mine that poses catastrophic risks to Alaska's spectacular Bristol Bay and its world-renowned salmon runs, abundant wildlife populations, and Native communities.

President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency proposed common-sense restrictions that would have banned this dangerous mine because of the obvious environmental risks it would pose if fully developed, like generating a staggering 10 billion tons of contaminated mining waste that would have to be stored forever — in a seismically active area.

But last year President Trump’s EPA reached a backroom deal with Northern Dynasty Minerals — the Canadian company behind the mine — to limit EPA’s authority to restrict the mine. The EPA’s decision is a handout to the mining industry at the expense of one of America’s last wild places and its people. And it paved the way for Northern Dynasty to attract investors and apply for permits. We can’t let it stand.

Tell President Trump and the EPA you’re outraged that they would put the profits of foreign mining companies ahead of the American people — and that you’ll fight them every step of the way until they slam the door on the Pebble Mine and protect Bristol Bay, its wildlife, its economy, and its communities from destruction.

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Tell President Trump and the EPA to slam the door on Pebble Mine for good and protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay wilderness from destruction.

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Dear President Trump and Acting Administrator Wheeler:

I am outraged that your administration continues to pave the way for the proposed Pebble Mine, despite the catastrophic risks it poses to Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed, its world-renowned salmon runs, and its Native communities.

President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency proposed common-sense restrictions that would have banned this dangerous mine because of the obvious environmental risks it would pose.

The EPA’s settlement with Northern Dynasty Minerals – combined with former Administrator Scott Pruitt’s Clean Water Act directive issued right before he resigned – hamstring the agency’s authority to stop the Pebble Mine and are a blatant giveaway to the mining industry at the expense of the American people, our environment, and our economy.

Bristol Bay's wild salmon fishery supports 14,000 jobs and is valued at more than $1.5 billion annually. It also supplies nearly half of the world’s sockeye salmon. More than 65 percent of Alaskans, 80 percent of Bristol Bay residents and Native communities, and 85 percent of commercial fishermen oppose the mine.

I urge you to listen to those voices, and for the sake of the Bristol Bay watershed, its world-class salmon fishery, and its people, keep the door closed on Pebble Mine. If you don’t, you will have to answer to me and hundreds of thousands of people in Alaska and across the United States and the world who stand in fervent opposition to this toxic mega-mine.

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