EPA stops the Pebble Mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay with rarely used power

The EPA is exercising its “veto authority” under section 404-c of the Clean Water Act to prohibit mining the Pebble deposit. It’s a move some Bristol Bay tribes have pushed the EPA to take for 13 years.

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