URGENT: Big chance to stop Pebble Mine

With the Trump administration’s help, foreign mining companies are pushing ahead with plans for the Pebble Mine — the toxic, gold and copper mega-mine that poses catastrophic risks to Alaska's Bristol Bay wilderness and its world-renowned salmon runs, abundant wildlife, and Native communities.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt cut a backroom deal with Canadian company Northern Dynasty Minerals that brought the Pebble Mine back from the dead. But EPA’s settlement agreement with Northern Dynasty did more than just resurrect the project: it opened the door for Northern Dynasty to secure the investors it desperately needs to move the project forward.

Along comes First Quantum Minerals, another Canadian company, which recently announced interest in potentially acquiring half of the project and will pay $150 million to help fund the permitting process in the meantime.

If we want to kill the disastrous Pebble Mine, we must shut off the investor money. So, we must do everything in our power to convince First Quantum to walk away from the Pebble Project.

Tell First Quantum’s CEO that the Pebble Mine has no place in Alaska’s Bristol Bay wilderness!

Protect Bristol Bay from dangerous open-pit mining

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to cancel its 2014 protections for the majestic Bristol Bay. Lifting these restrictions opens the Bay up to foreign mining companies to develop a toxic, open pit mine near some of our most precious salmon headwaters. Now, it’s time to reignite the fight to protect Bristol Bay!

Bristol Bay is home to one of the most valuable fishing grounds in the United States, contributing more than $1 billion in annual revenue and thousands of jobs. But if approved, this project would jeopardize the integrity of Alaskan communities and environment. Open pit mining would directly impact the world’s largest and greatest sockeye salmon run, putting in jeopardy 14,000 fishing jobs, a 10,000-year cultural tradition of subsistence, and a huge sport fishing and tourism economy.

The EPA is accepting public comments until October 17. We must raise our voices louder than ever to keep Big Polluters OUT of Bristol Bay.