Dear John,
I was born and raised salmon fishing in Bristol Bay, Alaska, the site of the
world’s largest salmon run -- and now the proposed spot for an environmental
disaster in the making: Pebble Mine. Please rush a donation of $27 or more to Friends of the Earth today and block
the disastrous Pebble Mine.
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The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is set to decide on whether to grant the
dangerous Pebble Mine a permit.
If built, the Pebble Mine would wipe out the region’s salmon and poison our
waters with toxins like lead and arsenic . Local Indigenous communities like mine rely on salmon for our food, our way
of life, and our livelihoods. That’s why we’ve been resisting this project for
years, with the partnership of Friends of the Earth. And now we’re down to the
final stretch.
Protect Bristol Bay’s ecosystem and people over mining industry profits: Donate
now and your gift will be MATCHED dollar-for-dollar, up to $77,000.
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[[link removed]]As a member of the local Curyung Tribal Council and a senior oceans campaigner
here at Friends of the Earth, I’ve been fighting Pebble Mine for years. With your support, we’ve helped mobilize millions of people to take action to
block this dangerous project.
But despite recent messages from 30,000 Friends of the Earth Members to the EPA,
earlier this month the EPA deeply disappointed us all.
Despite criticizing the USACE’s flawed and inadequate environmental review
process, the EPA failed to elevate their concerns as authorized under the Clean
Water Act -- our best chance and last shot before the final permit approval.
The EPA passed up a crucial chance to provide proper review and oversight of
Pebble’s permit application , ignoring the demands of 80% of Bristol Bay residents and 85% of commercial
fishermen in the area. They’re allowing the USACE to continue their botched
process -- corrupted by millions of lobbying dollars spent for this disaster.
Soon, the USACE will finally decide on whether to grant the permit to build
Pebble Mine. So we need all hands on deck.
If you donate in the next 36 hours, John, your gift
will be DOUBLED, maximizing impact so we can stop this disaster.
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[[link removed]]We stopped this mine under the Obama administration, but the Trump
administration reversed course.
Under this administration, the USACE has seemed to align with the CEO of the
private corporation trying to build the mine -- who will get a $12.5 million
bonus if the USACE permit comes on schedule.
Our Indigenous community and our wild salmon are worth more than mining industry
profits. But let’s put it in terms even corporate polluters will understand: Our
area’s salmon fishery also produces $1.5 billion in revenue, along with 14,000
jobs each year.
An approval of the permit would be absolutely devastating to all of us who call
Bristol Bay our home, the commercial fisherfolk who travel here every year as
their main source of income, and our precious ecosystem. We can’t let this go
through.
Before it’s too late, help us block this catastrophic project: Rush a donation
of $27 or more to Friends of the Earth today and your gift will be DOUBLED.
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[[link removed]]Thank you,
Verner Wilson,
Senior oceans campaigner,
Friends of the Earth
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