Dear John,
We’re running out of time to protect the pristine ecosystem of Bristol Bay, Alaska. Soon the EPA will take another step toward greenlighting Pebble Mine.
The mine could pollute Bristol Bay with millions of gallons of toxic water. And to build it, developers would need to dig a massive pit on a 3,500-acre tract of land in one of our most fragile sub-Arctic ecosystems. But the EPA can still stop this project!
In late October, the EPA will decide whether Pebble is too risky to proceed -- and we know it is. But the EPA will only act if we show the groundswell of opposition to this toxic mine. As the last and largest home of wild salmon, Bristol Bay and the surrounding land must be protected. And we need you with us, John.
Help block Pebble Mine: Tell the EPA to protect Bristol Bay from toxic water pollution!
More than 65 percent of all Alaskans, 80 percent of Bristol Bay residents -- including Native people -- and more than 85 percent of commercial fisherman strongly oppose Pebble Mine. After all, it would devastate Bristol Bay’s ecosystem, the fishing economy, and local communities.
The mine could 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 likely plummet the salmon population -- catastrophically impacting local communities and the last great wild sockeye salmon fishery.
Soon Trump’s EPA will decide whether or not to use its authority under the Clean Water Act to elevate its concerns about Pebble on its federal water permit. But Trump’s EPA could put mining industry profits over the decades of opposition from local people, Indigenous communities, and thousands of concerned citizens around the country and distort the level of damage Pebble will cause.
So we need your help convincing the EPA to stand up for Bristol Bay’s cultural history, its people, and the surrounding pristine ecosystem.
Take action now: Tell the EPA to stop mining companies from destroying Alaska’s Bristol Bay!
Friends of the Earth members like you have played a crucial role in stalling this project. You pushed the EPA not to greenlight it earlier in the process. You convinced financiers like First Quantum Minerals to pull out of their support for it. And you helped extend the public comment period with the Army Corps.
None of this would have been possible without thousands of people like you speaking up, emailing and calling decision-makers at every point in the process. We need to keep up the pressure!
The Trump Administration is slowly chipping away at the opposition to this mine. If his EPA plans to put profits over people, it’s up to engaged environmentalists like you and me to speak up. Together, we can pressure the agency to protect our public lands and wild places, not sell them off. But it will take everyone -- including you, John.
Help send 40,000 comments: Tell the EPA to protect Bristol Bay.
Standing with you,
Verner Wilson,
Senior oceans campaigner,
Friends of the Earth
