Alaska leaders petition the U.S. Supreme Court for reversal of EPA ban on Pebble Mine

The Dunleavy administration is bypassing lower courts in its attempt to overturn a decision barring permitting of the controversial copper and gold mine

By Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon July 27, 2023
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Sockeye salmon swim in the Kijik River in Lake Clark National Park in 2010. The park is part of the the Bristol Bay watershed. (Photo provided by National Park Service)
Sockeye salmon swim in the Kijik River in Lake Clark National Park in 2010.

The Dunleavy administration on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency decision that bars permitting of the controvsial Pebble Mine, a project that opponents say would degrade Bristol Bay habitat used by the wold’s largest sockeye salmon runs.

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