“In an attempt to head off the project before it gets too big to stop, a coalition of Alaska Native village corporations and others filed suit this week in Anchorage, charging that the state was violating its Constitution by allowing drilling and other exploration to proceed without full environmental review.”
“Trout Unlimited and other conservationists back legislation that would require a separate set of reviews for the Pebble Mine, given its proximity to Bristol Bay, which generates a third of the state’s commercial fishing revenue. The state Legislature won’t have a chance to act on that until it re-convenes in January.”
“Pebble Partnership Chief Executive John Shively said there already has been full inspection by state and federal agencies, including the state Department of Fish and Game and the federal Environmental Protection Agency. “So it’s not like there’s no oversight,” he told KTUU-TV in Anchorage, “or that the public doesn’t have the ability to look at what our program is and to go tell the agencies what they think about it.”
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