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The EPA just missed a crucial deadline to stop the dangerous Pebble Mine, which could wipe out some of the world’s last remaining wild salmon. It threatens Alaska’s pristine Bristol Bay -- which provides around half of the world’s wild sockeye salmon -- and the local Indigenous communities that depend on those fish and other wildlife. Donate to Friends of the Earth today to fight this environmental disaster.
With the EPA failing to invoke their Clean Water Act authority, they’re allowing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to continue their botched process. They’re likely to rush a flawed and inadequate Environmental Impact Statement review, which is expected as soon as next week!
Friends of the Earth members like you submitted over 28,000 comments to the EPA, but now we need to focus on pushing the Army Corps of Engineers to stop this environmental disaster. And to keep up the fight after this additional hurdle, we need your support.
Help protect Bristol Bay’s ecosystem and people over mining industry profits: Donate $10 or more to Friends of the Earth today.
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Friends of the Earth has been working hand-in-hand with local tribal leaders, and as our senior oceans campaigner, I'm a member of the Curyung Tribal Council in Bristol Bay.
Together, we stopped this mine once. In 2014, the EPA determined that Pebble Mine would harm the salmon fishery and laid out protections for Bristol Bay under the Clean Water Act. But under the Trump administration, the EPA reversed course on its own proposed salmon protections.
If built, the Pebble Mine would generate more than 10 billion tons of dangerous waste, wipe out 90 miles of salmon streams, and pollute more than 5,000 acres of wetlands, ponds, and lakes. It would poison the water with lead, arsenic, and other toxins.
The private corporation aiming to build the mine spent millions of dollars lobbying, and so far it’s seemed to outweigh the millions of Americans who oppose the project, including more than 80 percent of local community members.
Help protect Indigenous communities and one of the world's last great salmon runs: Donate $10 or more to Friends of the Earth today.
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Because the Bristol Bay community is also scrambling to protect people from the coronavirus, more than 30,000 Friends of the Earth members have demanded the Army Corps of Engineers halt Pebble Mine’s final environmental review and permitting until the COVID-19 crisis is over.
Now that the EPA declined to oversee the mine’s permitting process, we’re going to need to ramp up our pressure on the Army Corps. The good news is our coalition is expanding. Over 250 outdoor sporting businesses and groups across the country recently wrote to ask Trump to deny the mine’s federal permit.
But our time is running out. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ final Environmental Impact Statement may come as soon as NEXT WEEK. We need all hands on deck to fight this permitting process at every step.
Your support is more crucial and urgent than ever: Please rush a donation of $10 or more to Friends of the Earth today.
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Thank you,
Verner Wilson,
Senior oceans campaigner,
Friends of the Earth
