EPA Protects Bristol Bay, Vetoes Pebble Mine

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The EPA invoked its rarely-used authority under the Clean Water Act to block the proposed Pebble Mine near the headwaters of Alaska’s remote Bristol Bay watershed on Tuesday. The agency’s final determination under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act represents just the 14th time in that law’s 50-year history the EPA has exercised its … Continued

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