Environmentalists Urge EPA To Quickly Finalize Veto Of Pebble Mine Project

EPA Region 10 is recommending that EPA headquarters finalize a proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) “veto” of the controversial Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, AK, a rare move that environmentalists are calling “a step forward” in their long-running push to protect the surrounding watershed as they call on the agency to finalize it by year’s end. “We can’t afford to lose any more time to the uncertainty that has hung over Bristol Bay communities for years. We urge the...