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Alaska’s controversial Pebble Mine fails to win critical permit, likely killing it
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Alaska’s controversial Pebble Mine fails to win critical permit, likely killing it

The immense project would have been one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines, but regulators found it “contrary to the public interest” due to environmental risks in the pristine Alaskan tundra.
Congress seeks answers on Alaskan mine project
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Congress seeks answers on Alaskan mine project

House investigators are seeking records from the developers of the Pebble Mine project and the Army Corps of Engineers, to determine whether the company misrepresented its plans.
Sen. Dan Sullivan’s ties to controversial Pebble Mine are deeper than previously known
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Sen. Dan Sullivan’s ties to controversial Pebble Mine are deeper than previously known

A managing partner at the controversial mine’s lobbying firm sits on the board of the Alaska senator’s family company.
Indigenous leadership boosts Skeena sockeye
thenarwhal.ca

Skeena sockeye returns jump 50 per cent in three years thanks to Indigenous leadership

B.C. First Nations voluntarily closed their food fishery or limited the catch for two decades to help rebuild salmon populations. This year, those sacrifices are paying off
The strange, uncertain fate of Alaska’s biggest wild salmon habitat
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The strange, uncertain fate of Alaska’s biggest wild salmon habitat

Bristol Bay is a rare, pristine wild salmon fishery. Can it survive a rapidly changing climate—and a massive, Trump-backed mine?

Bringing back the trees to bring back the salmon
thenarwhal.ca

Bringing back the trees to bring back the salmon

Facing devastating declines in salmon stocks, conservationists in Clayoquot Sound are taking a ground-up approach to watershed restoration decades after forestry and mining have taken their toll.

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