Dear NRDC Supporter,

I'm rushing you this message because the mining company Northern Dynasty Minerals just filed a lawsuit to overturn the protections that safeguard Alaska's magnificent Bristol Bay from their proposed Pebble Mine project.

We're heading to federal court to stop the Pebble Mine, and we'll stay until we win — but we're facing a long, grueling legal battle.

Because of the existential threat this lawsuit poses and the urgency of this moment, an NRDC supporter is offering a new 2x MATCH to help us raise $50,000 in the next five days.

Make a tax-deductible gift now to DOUBLE your impact and help NRDC's lawyers defend Alaska's wild Bristol Bay from corporate plunder and protect our environment on all fronts. Every dollar will be MATCHED $1-for-$1, up to $50,000, but only until March 30. Even $5 helps.

The EPA's decision to veto the Pebble Mine last year came after decades of effort by you, tribal communities, fishermen, and countless stakeholders across the region.

Now, Northern Dynasty, with the help of Alaska's governor, aims to unravel these historic protections and fast-track their toxic gold and copper mega-mine.

The stakes couldn't be higher...

• Pebble would store up to 10 BILLION tons of toxic waste in an earthquake zone at the headwaters of the world's greatest wild salmon fishery. Protect the world's greatest salmon fishery with your 2x matched gift of $5 >>
• Northern Dynasty promised potential investors that Pebble would be just the first phase of an exponentially larger mine plan, ten times the size and environmental impact. Defend one of Alaska's last great wild places from rabid corporate greed >>
• An undisclosed dark-horse investor pledged up to $60 million over two years to fuel Northern Dynasty's courtroom campaign to torpedo the EPA's hard-won protections for Bristol Bay. DOUBLE your impact to help NRDC face well-funded corporate interests in court >>
• And while Bristol Bay generates $2.2 BILLION in annual revenue for Alaska, it's absolutely priceless to Indigenous communities who've depended on this ecosystem for millennia. DOUBLE your gift of just $5 to help us protect this peerless ecosystem >>

You and I have overcome tremendous odds to get to this moment.

A decade ago, some of the world's biggest mining companies were heavily invested in the Pebble project. Since then, they've all abandoned the mine...except Northern Dynasty.

When the Army Corps tried to rubber-stamp the mine in 2020, a tidal wave of public opposition forced the agency to reverse course.

Now we're facing what could be the final chapter in this decades-long fight against tenacious corporate greed.

I hope you'll join us as we fight to stop Pebble. Now and forever.

Sincerely,

Joel Reynolds
Western Director and Senior Attorney, NRDC