Pebble Mine Shot Down

Pebble Mine won’t move forward as it’s currently proposed, says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and both state senators. On Aug. 24, the Army Corps gave the Canadian-owned company Northern Dynasty Minerals 90 days to submit a “compensatory mitigation” plan to address “unavoidable adverse impacts" such as discharges into the Koktuli and Nushagak watersheds.

In 2014, the EPA under the Obama administration ruled that Northern Dynasty could not even apply for USACE permits for Pebble Mine because it could have “significant” and potentially “catastrophic” impacts to the Bristol Bay Region...