pruitt met with pebble and then settled the lawsuits. when cnn revealed that meeting, there was an outcry in alaska. most fishermen, tribes, even governor bill walker are opposed to the mine, and senator lisa murkowski said she would never trade salmon for gold. but northern dynasty refuses to give up. the latest plan includes a 100-mile natural gas pipeline to power the mine. it would run past that active volcano into a massive port system here on this beach. imagine ships and semitrucks instead of bears and foxes. and then a 35-mile road through some of the most pristine wilderness in the state. since scott pruitt resigned amid scandal, the new man in charge of the epa is andrew wheeler, a former lobbyist at one of pebble mine's law firms. he declined a request for an interview. >> this is in the roosevelt room, and that's gore and clinton. >> reporter: but the ceo of pebble was happy to talk.