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Trump Wants to Bulldoze Ahead with a Toxic Mega-Mine — and Decimate
Alaskan Wilderness
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It's up to us to stop him. Tell Trump and the EPA you oppose any attempt
to destroy Alaska’s pristine Bristol Bay for mining industry profits.
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NRDC Activist,
The Trump administration is paving the way for the dangerous Pebble Mine —
a proposed open-pit, gold and copper mega-mine that would spell disaster
for Alaska's spectacular Bristol Bay wilderness and its world-renowned
salmon runs, abundant wildlife, and Native communities.
NRDC stands ready to do what it takes to stop the disastrous Pebble Mine,
including taking the Trump administration to court. But we need your
immediate help to stop this catastrophe-in-the-making before it's too
late.
[ [link removed] ]Take action now: Help stop the Trump administration's toxic mega-mine
and save Bristol Bay from destruction.
After a hard-fought campaign by NRDC and our supporters, along with Alaska
Native communities, Bristol Bay residents, commercial fishermen,
sportsmen, scientists, and others, President Obama's EPA proposed
common-sense restrictions on this destructive mining scheme because the
science showed the clear environmental risks it would pose.
But in a move that yet again puts politics over science, Trump's EPA
reversed course and abandoned these restrictions for the disastrous Pebble
Mine, refusing to stand up to the Canadian company behind the mine,
Northern Dynasty Minerals.
The EPA's reversal is a huge handout to the administration's mining
industry backers at the expense of one of America's last wild places, its
wildlife, and its people.
More than 65 percent of Alaskans, 80 percent of Bristol Bay residents and
Native communities, and 85 percent of commercial fishermen oppose the
mine.
Why? Because the Bristol Bay watershed:
* Supplies nearly half the world's sockeye salmon
* Generates $1.5 billion annually, making it the most valuable wild
salmon fishery in the world
* Supports 14,000 jobs, including commercial fishers, world-class sports
fishers, and Alaska Natives
* Is a beloved tourism spot for individuals and families every summer
* Sustains the culture and traditions of Alaska Natives, including the
Yup'ik and Dena'ina, two of the last intact, sustainable, salmon-based
cultures in the world
The Pebble Mine — which when fully developed would produce 10 billion tons
of mining waste — jeopardizes all of that. It would turn this unspoiled
wilderness into a toxic wasteland for decades to come.
[ [link removed] ]Tell Trump and the EPA that you're outraged — and you'll fight this
administration every step of the way to slam the door on the Pebble Mine
for good.
Thank you.
[1]Joel
Joel Reynolds
Western Director, Nature Program, NRDC
The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.
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