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The Trump Administration, rejecting concerns over the risks to Alaska’s fishery, cleared the way on Friday for the Pebble Mine. A work camp on the tundra near the site of the proposed Pebble ...
See All 36 Photos Did we mention that the Stampede Trail runs through several ... One of their biggest clients is the Usibelli Coal Mine (Alaska's only coal mine), and they were able to get ...
A contentious gold and copper mine project in Alaska may now be off the table after the Biden administration formally restricted mining in the area to protect one of the world’s biggest salmon ...
Mary Peltola in 2022, when she ran for office as an opponent of the Donlin Creek Mine (Liz Ruskin) Congresswoman Mary Peltola has joined Alaska's U.S senators on a legal brief in support of the ...
A proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska would require a massive transportation corridor that puts a pristine wilderness at risk. Just north of Amakdedori Beach, cliffs tower over Kamishak Bay ...
The Alaska Supreme Court is considering a pair of lawsuits that could stop construction of the Donlin gold mine in Southwest Alaska. The court’s five justices heard arguments Tuesday in the ...
A politically connected investor It still might be too early to say exactly how the sale will affect the mine’s prospects, according to Brett Watson, an economist at University of Alaska ...
The proposed mine would tap one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits. The EPA claims it would permanently destroy over 2,000 acres of wetlands. Alaska’s lawsuit was filed directly ...
The state’s bipartisan delegation supports the Donlin open-pit gold mine, despite a push from tribes to pull Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to oppose to the Trump-approved project. Alaska ...
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Tuesday and blocked a proposed mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and ...