The world’s largest sockeye salmon run is at risk from a massive open-pit
copper mine proposal.

The US Environmental Protect Agency has proposed a plan to stop the Pebble
Mine, and protect the salmon!.

Take action now to ensure the mine will be killed once and for all.

[ [link removed] ] Sign the Petition 

   
John,

The Pebble Mine is a massive open-pit copper and gold mining project that
threatens the largest sockeye salmon run in the world, in Bristol Bay,
Alaska. The Bristol Bay salmon fishery helps to feed the world, with an
abundant, healthy sustainable source of wild seafood, and home to 15,000
much needed jobs for Alaskans.

But we could be on the brink of stopping this harmful mine once and for
all. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who has the power to
reject the mine, has proposed a plan to do just that. They have asked for
public comments -- but the period ends in just two weeks.

Our friends at Earthworks, an organization that has worked with Alaska
Native Tribes for over a decade to stop Pebble Mine, are asking SumOfUs
members all around the world to sign a petition calling on the EPA to kill
Pebble Mine once and for all.

[ [link removed] ]Will you add your name to tens of thousands of SumOfUs members who have
already spoken out against Pebble Mine?

The mine is extremely unpopular – 85% of Alaskans and 73% of Americans
support the EPA’s decision to protect Bristol Bay.

The project also makes no financial sense: multiple studies have declared
the Pebble Project to be not economically viable.

It’s people power that has stopped this mine so far -- tens of thousands
of SumOfUs members called on mining giant Rio Tinto to pull out of Pebble
Mine, and thousands more chipped in to get Alaskan Native leaders to Rio
Tinto’s annual shareholder meeting in London. And because of your help,
Rio Tinto announced that it would divest from Pebble Mine just as the
Native leaders arrived to make a huge media show.

[ [link removed] ]Please take action to ask the EPA to reject Pebble mine now.

Your ongoing action has helped fight other destructive mining companies
before. Because of your support, we helped Maxima Acuna stop Newmont
Mining's mine development in Peru. Her heroic efforts won her the Green
Nobel Prize. And because of your work, OceanaGold’s lawsuit against El
Salvador has been dismissed -- a lawsuit that threatened the country’s
last source of drinkable water.

When we stand together, we can stop mining companies from destroying our
ecosystem and local communities. Please take action now.  



[ [link removed] ] Sign the Petition 



Thanks for all that you do,
Angus and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Biden Administration, Settling a Long Feud, Moves to Block a Mine in
Alaska
New York Times. 25 May 2022.

[ [link removed] ]Independent Review Rejects Pebble Mine Economic Analysis
NRDC. 7 December 2021.

 

 

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