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Pebble Without a Cause?
Controversial Alaska gold mine tiptoes forward |
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26 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:09 PM on 26 Dec 2007 If Alaska's proposed Pebble Gold Mine goes forward, it could be North America's largest mine. It would necessitate the construction of the biggest dam in the world -- right at the headwaters of the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery. Environmentalists and commercial fishers are up in arms about the project; mining companies Northern Dynasty Minerals and Anglo-American are beginning explor ... |
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