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January 2021

Corps retires its Pebble permitting website

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has retired its public-facing website that provided access to documents and public comments related to Pebble Limited Partnership’s (PLP) 404 permit application. That permit process began when PLP submitted an application in December 2017 and concluded in November 2020 with a Record of Decision (ROD) that denied a Clean … Continued

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December 2020

Pebble project – what happens next?

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If there’s one thing that’s certain about the Pebble project, it’s that nothing is certain. The project has engendered high interest, both for and against, for years. And its extreme swings of fortune have provided both sides extreme highs and lows. The Pebble project has survived several events that could have sunk other projects: major … Continued

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November 2020

Corps denies Pebble a Clean Water Act permit

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today issued a Record of Decision on the Pebble Limited Partnership’s (PLP) application to build a mine at the Pebble deposit in Bristol Bay. The agency determined that PLP’s plan for the “discharge of fill material does not comply with Clean Water Act guidelines and concluded that the proposed … Continued

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November 2020

ESA process must conclude before Record of Decision on Pebble

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Since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published the Final EIS for the Pebble project in July, it has been working on all the items it needs to complete before issuing a Record of Decision on the project. That list is long and the process can be complex as the Corps works with the … Continued

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November 2020

New Pebble tapes highlight plan for State subsidy

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Investigators posing as potential Pebble investigators embarrassed Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM) in September by revealing candid conversations with NDM’s President and CEO Ron Thiessen and Pebble Limited Partnership’s (PLP) CEO Tom Collier. Collier resigned in the wake of the revelations. Thiessen didn’t. Now the company behind the investigation, EIA Global, has released additional tapes of … Continued

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November 2020

Whales in the Inlet

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One Endangered Species in Profile—The Cook Inlet beluga whale Nine species of marine mammals, currently listed under the Endangered Species Act and under the jurisdiction of NOAA Fisheries, occur seasonally or year-round within the Pebble Project Action Area. The proposed Diamond Point Port of the Pebble Project falls within the designated Critical Habitat of one … Continued

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September 2020

What else the “Pebble Tapes” reveal

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A series of secret recordings of Pebble executives were released September 21, 2020 by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. They reveal the unfiltered views and political strategies of Northern Dynasty Minerals CEO Ron Thiessen and Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) CEO Tom Collier. EIA investigators posed as potential investors, … Continued

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September 2020

Factcheck: Mineral Independence and the Pebble mine

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One of the arguments made in favor of development of the proposed Pebble mine is that it would create a domestic supply of copper, gold, and molybdenum and would contribute to resource independence for the United States.((Pebble Partnership website: Why We Mine)) Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM) added the critical mineral rhenium to that list in … Continued

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August 2020

Is Pebble mine dead?

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Since Phil St. George first pounded his fist on the Cominco table, demanding more budget to explore the Pebble prospect, the proposed mine has required fierce advocates to push it forward. Opposition has been equally fierce, including the majority of Bristol Bay residents and a broad coalition made up of Alaska Native tribes and corporations, … Continued

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August 2020

August 24 is your last chance for public comment on certain aspects of Pebble project

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The Corps of Engineers is currently working on its Record of Decision for the Pebble project. This is the final step in the federal permitting process under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). Several components must be in place before the Corps can reach the decision. Two of these include public comment periods currently underway. … Continued