Pebble is still the wrong mine in the wrong place

Backers of the Pebble mine seem to think that the recent election grants them a green light to proceed with a mine that risks American jobs and Alaska's economy. Reality says otherwise: Opposition to the Pebble mine has never been greater or more widespread. Alaskans and hundreds of thousands of others across the country are united in the fact that the Pebble mine is too risky because it trades lasting American jobs for temporary ones backed by a foreign mining conglomerate.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Opposition to Pebble Mine reiterated by local tribes, fishermen, business owners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Opposition to Pebble Mine reiterated by local tribes, fishermen, business owners

DILLINGHAM, AK - Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump, and given recent media concerning Pebble Limited Partnership’s sole Canadian-owned investor, Northern Dynasty Minerals, local tribes, fishermen and business owners reiterated their continued long-term opposition to the Pebble Mine due to its threats to Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery and thousands of American jobs.