Everybody gets one!
Posted on 12/04/2022 8:09:55 AM PST by rktman
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended prohibiting the operators of Southwestern Alaska’s Pebble Mine from disposing of waste material in the nearby Bristol Bay, a regulation that would prevent the mine from opening. However, the mine could generate billions in revenue by producing minerals that are crucial in supporting the Biden administration’s “clean energy transition.”
The EPA said Pebble Mine’s potential waste discharges would threaten nearby sockeye salmon fisheries by polluting the water and preventing the fish from spawning and reproducing, according to an agency proposal released Thursday. Despite this, the mine would extract about 1.5 billion tons of copper, molybdenum as well as other critical minerals and could deliver more than $8 billion to Southwestern Alaska, according to a report published by Northern Dynasty Minerals, the mine’s owner.
“This isn’t just about Pebble … the precedent this is setting is frightening and will be used going forward by those wanting to stop projects and will send an absolutely chilling message to the investment world about opportunities in the U.S.,” Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found that Pebble Mine “would not be expected to have a measurable effect on fish numbers and result in long-term changes to the health of the commercial fisheries in Bristol Bay,” in its final environmental impact statement published in July 2020. However, the EPA stated that mining waste would result in the total loss of aquatic habitats important to the sockeye salmon’s survival.
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Wonder if the idiots in Alaska who voted to elect a Democrat Congressman and for Murkowski understand what is really happening to them? Doubt it. You really can’t fix stupid.
Most are drugged up and drowning in alchol just they way they want them
Didn’t bribe Hunter or Joe??
Save the Pebble Mine for the Chinese, when they take over.
They will treat the Sockeyes like they treat the Uyghurs.
I guess Brandon prefers we get our lithium from China as opposed to mining it domestically. Short Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. first thing tomorrow.
> , Hobbling Green Agenda <
The greenies won’t mind as long as production is shifted elsewhere. Unregulated open-pit mining by slave labor in China? Sure, that’ll work. Just keep quiet about it, okay?
As I understand it many of them rely on the fisheries, which contribute to the economy in a major way, and they support this.
The Pebble Mine waste won’t impact salmon as the Corps of Engineers reported. This is pure propaganda to let the Chinese have all the mining business with 10% for the Big Guy.
It’s for the good of the country. Just not OUR country.
China Biden strikes again. The senile puke is totally owned by China.
Bingo and the power that come with it.
Wow! Can FReepers be any more Insulting? I live in Southeast Alaska. Here’s the deal: You can have The Pebble Mine or you can have Southeast Alaska’s commercial and sport fishing industries.
NOT both. See tagline.
Not to worry, Russia will re-open the mine when they take over in a few months.
Farmed fish? I heard there will be a demand to stop fertilizing the farms to save a glacier in the Antarctic. All aboard the 😵🚂
But still why do they need to dump anything in the bay?
That’s why I don’t give two cares. Let Alaska go down. In fact, give it back to Russia.
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