Dear NRDC Activist,

You thought the Pebble Mine project was gone for good? Think again. As you read this, Canadian mining company Northern Dynasty is marshaling resources to mount an outrageous lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency after the agency acted to veto the wilderness-wrecking open-pit gold and copper Pebble Mine.

This is just one of many attacks aimed at Alaska. But just as NRDC rushed to court to stop the disastrous Willow oil drilling project from devastating the Arctic wilderness, so too must we be ready to launch a hard-hitting legal counteroffensive the minute Northern Dynasty files suit to shred the EPA's wilderness-saving protections. We can't leave anything to chance — will you help us with a small gift?

Donate just $5 now to help us wage the most effective defense of the EPA's protections in court, continue our fight to block the Willow Project, and defend Alaska and our environment on all fronts. Your $5 gift today can help us reach our $100,000 goal by the March 31 deadline, so please chip in what you can.

For more than two decades, the Indigenous communities of Bristol Bay — backed by the unwavering support of NRDC — have been fighting to secure permanent protections to prevent mega-mines like Pebble from destroying Bristol Bay and its wild salmon.

And it's no secret why: Bristol Bay is a rare, natural treasure that's thriving. Last year, a record-breaking 78 million wild salmon returned to Bristol Bay, helping to sustain the region's abundant wildlife and a $2.2 billion fishery that supports 15,000 jobs.

But if Northern Dynasty's impending lawsuit is successful, we could see the construction of a fully realized Pebble Mine that would generate a staggering 10 billion tons of mining waste.

And where would that toxic tsunami of waste go? It would be piled behind enormous earthen dams built on the headwaters of the greatest wild salmon runs on the planet. There is no time to waste.

Rush an emergency, tax-deductible gift of just $5 today so that we can face down Northern Dynasty Minerals and defend our environment in the most effective way possible.

Northern Dynasty is preparing to put up one hell of a fight to keep its nightmare vision of this mega-mine alive.

As soon as the company learned that the EPA was poised to veto the Pebble Mine, it lawyered up with one of Washington's top white-shoe lobbying firms. This is on top of the $60 million the company announced it would receive from an undisclosed dark-horse investor over the next two years to fuel its courtroom campaign to torpedo these hard-won protections.

But while Northern Dynasty may have secret, dark-horse investors, it will never be able to bring back the Pebble Mine — not as long as we continue to have your unwavering support during these decisive moments.

Please help us prepare for a courtroom showdown against Northern Dynasty to save Bristol Bay and put an end to the Pebble Mine once and for all by making an emergency contribution today. Reaching our $100,000 goal will help us stop this and other threats against Alaska, and help defend our environment on all fronts. Every little bit counts — even just $5.

Thank you for making sure that we do not fall short at this make-or-break moment.

Sincerely,

Joel Reynolds
Senior Attorney, NRDC

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