KDLG — The state’s Department of Law will file an administrative appeal with the federal government, according to a media release.

THE MIDNIGHT SUN BLOG — At this year’s annual convention of Alaska Federation of Natives, Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski outlined her opposition to Pebble Mine and said long-term protections for the Bristol Bay region are needed and something she would be considering in the next Congress.

HAKAI MAGAZINE — Regulators handed a rare rejection to the proposed Alaska copper and gold mine.

THE NEW YORK TIMES — The Trump administration’s indifference to the environment and President Trump’s hostility to the laws providing clean water and air, protecting endangered species and keeping public lands and forests free from commercial intrusion have been so unsparing that one had to blink twice at what, finally, after nearly four years, was a piece of undiluted good news.

THE SEATTLE TIMES — After the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision last week to reject a key permit for Alaska’s proposed Pebble Mine, it’s clear that federal protection is now needed to permanently preserve this uniquely valuable resource. The project threatened too much destruction to the immense salmon runs of Bristol Bay.

THE NEW YORK TIMES — 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.