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Governor candidates defend records, lay out competing visions

The three leading candidates in the race for Alaska governor defended their records and laid out different visions for how to develop the state’s natural resources on Thursday at the ....

Fairbanks , Alaska , United-states , Anchorage , Washington , North-slope , Alaskans , Bill-walker , Mike-dunleavy , Les-gara , Gas-association , Alaska-oil

We learned a lot about Pebble in 2020. Let's keep learning.


 
We have a lot to look forward to in 2021. Although 2020 was a very challenging year, it was not all bad news. Alaskans achieved an incredible victory with respect to the proposed Pebble mine. In November, the Alaska District of the Army Corps of Engineers rejected a key federal permit for the project.
The Corps denied the permit because it concluded that Pebble would cause significant degradation to the waters and fisheries of Bristol Bay and issuing a permit to Pebble was not in the public s interest. This was a huge victory. Alaskans should celebrate it.
Despite this positive development, the fight against this ill-conceived and irresponsible development project is not over. The Pebble Limited Partnership, or PLP, has vowed to appeal the Corps decision. It is therefore incumbent on Alaskans not to soon forget the lessons we learned in 2020 about Pebble and PLP. ....

Kvichak-river , Alaska , United-states , Kenai , Nushagak , Soldotna , Bristol-bay , Alaskan , America , Tom-collier , Mike-dunleavy , Russells-nelson

We learned a lot about Pebble in 2020. Let's keep it top of mind in 2021.


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We have a lot to look forward to in 2021. Although 2020 was a very challenging year, it was not all bad news. Alaskans achieved an incredible victory with respect to the proposed Pebble Mine. In November, the Alaska District of the Army Corps of Engineers rejected a key federal permit for the project. The Corps denied the permit because it concluded that Pebble would cause significant degradation to the waters and fisheries of Bristol Bay and issuing a permit to Pebble was not in the public’s interest. This was a huge victory.  Alaskans should celebrate it.
Despite this positive development, the fight against this ill-conceived and irresponsible development project is not over. The Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) has vowed to appeal the Corps’ decision.  It is therefore incumbent on Alaskans not to soon forget the lessons we learned in 2020 about Pebble and PLP. ....

Kvichak-river , Alaska , United-states , Kenai , Nushagak , Soldotna , Bristol-bay , Alaskan , America , Tom-collier , Mike-dunleavy , Army-corp