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Advocates seize AFN convention as opportunity to rally the Native vote
Oct 21, 2024
Advocates seize AFN convention as opportunity to rally the Native vote
Oct 21, 2024

Alaska Public Media - A person could barely move a few yards at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage last week without bumping into a message to vote.

Oct 21, 2024
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Explained
Oct 8, 2024
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Explained
Oct 8, 2024

The New York Times - Three years after President Biden became the first U.S. president to formally commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, more than a dozen states recognize some version of the holiday in lieu of Columbus Day.

Oct 8, 2024
Groups band together against Pebble Limited Partnership
May 20, 2024
Groups band together against Pebble Limited Partnership
May 20, 2024

National Fisherman - On Friday, the United Tribes of Bristol Bay, Bristol Bay Native Association, Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation, Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association, and Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay jointly moved to intervene in a challenge by Northern Dynasty Minerals and Pebble Limited Partnership to the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to protect our nation’s clean waters from the mining of the Pebble ore deposit.

May 20, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Alaska’s attempt to litigate Pebble case
Jan 9, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Alaska’s attempt to litigate Pebble case
Jan 9, 2024

The Alaska Beacon - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the state of Alaska’s request to consider its arguments for overturning a Biden administration decision that bars development of the controversial Pebble mine project.

Jan 9, 2024
EPA head says he's 'proud' of decision to block Pebble Mine and protect salmon-rich Bristol Bay
Sep 1, 2023
EPA head says he's 'proud' of decision to block Pebble Mine and protect salmon-rich Bristol Bay
Sep 1, 2023

Alaska Public Media - The nation’s top environmental official said he fully supports his agency’s decision to block a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska’s salmon-rich Bristol Bay, even as the state of Alaska has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn that action.

Sep 1, 2023
Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust gains new ground
Aug 22, 2023
Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust gains new ground
Aug 22, 2023

The Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust has acquired 44,000 acres in conservation easements over three areas of critical salmon habitat, blocking the access route to the proposed Pebble mine, the trust announced this week in its 2022 annual report and 2023 newsletter. 

Aug 22, 2023
Poll shows broad, bipartisan support for Bristol Bay protections
Aug 8, 2023
Poll shows broad, bipartisan support for Bristol Bay protections
Aug 8, 2023

The latest round of polling on Alaskans’ attitudes toward the controversial Pebble Mine project shows that most Alaskans favor long-term protections for the Bristol Bay watershed.

Aug 8, 2023
State of Alaska sues EPA over Pebble mine veto, asks Supreme Court to take up the case
Jul 26, 2023
State of Alaska sues EPA over Pebble mine veto, asks Supreme Court to take up the case
Jul 26, 2023

WASHINGTON — The state of Alaska is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its final determination halting the Pebble mine, and is asking the Supreme Court to hear the case.

Jul 26, 2023
Shareholders Settle Pebble Mine Buildout Suit For $6.4M
Jun 9, 2023
Shareholders Settle Pebble Mine Buildout Suit For $6.4M
Jun 9, 2023

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. has agreed to pay nearly $6.4 million to a group of investors who claim their investments suffered a series of price declines following revelations of environmental challenges to the company's ambitious Pebble Mine project.

Jun 9, 2023
EPA proposes Bristol Bay protections in potential blow to Pebble Mine development
May 25, 2022
EPA proposes Bristol Bay protections in potential blow to Pebble Mine development
May 25, 2022

The Seattle Times — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed protections for some Bristol Bay drainages, a move that — if finalized — would effectively block attempts to develop an open pit mine to extract gold, copper, silver and molybdenum in a Southwest Alaska region that sustains the world’s biggest sockeye salmon runs.

May 25, 2022

 

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