The following material was reviewed to better understand and communicate the information conveyed in this post:
Hard Rock Mining Pollution https://www.nwf.org/What-We-Do/Energy-and-Climate/Drilling-and-Mining/Mining-Loopholes.aspx
Pebble Mine, Alaska https://www.nwf.org/What-We-Do/Energy-and-Climate/Drilling-and-Mining/Mining-Loopholes/Pebble-Mine-AK.aspx
Pebble Mine: A Threat to Alaska’s Salmon, People and Economy by Taryn Kiekow http://www.livescience.com/37645-save-alaska-salmon.html
EPA proposes strict limits on Pebble mine to protect salmon http://www.adn.com/article/20140718/epa-proposes-strict-limits-pebble-mine-protect-salmon
Approving Alaska’s Controversial Pebble Mine Just Got Harder, Thanks To A Ballot Measure Victory http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/11/05/3589151/alaska-pebble-mine-initiative-victory/
Pebble Mine and Bristol Bay http://www.tu.org/about-us/ask-trout-unlimited/pebble-mine-bristol-bay-watershed-southwest-alaska
Bristol Bay http://ak.audubon.org/bristol-bay
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