Pebble Mine supporters trying through courts and House bill to keep project alive
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Bellingham Herald] By Sean Cockerham - July 18, 2014 -
WASHINGTON, DC, Supporters of the embattled Pebble Mine project in Alaska are making a desperate effort in Congress and the courts to keep it alive in the face of warnings from the Environmental Protection Agency that it could devastate the finest run of wild salmon left on the globe.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing a bill to keep the EPA from blocking the mine, despite opposition from Washington state lawmakers who say the project could be devastating to the fishing industry in their state.
Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, sponsored a bill that would forbid the EPA from halting a project before the permit process...(more)
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