EPA issues rare veto, halting Alaska’s Pebble mine

Grist
By Jessie BlaeserFeb 1, 2023, 11:30 am242 pts
The Environmental Protection Agency used the Clean Water Act on Monday to veto a proposed copper and gold mining project near Alaska’s Bristol Bay. Not only does the veto apply to the Pebble mine project, which would have dug into the path of the world’s largest sockeye salmon run, it prevents any similar…

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