“This project isn’t economical,” former Republican Alaska state Sen. Rick Halford, who’s spent the past few decades fighting the Pebble Mine, told Tribune Publishing this week, “It’s too big, there’s not enough investors. Even a big mining company would have to commit six or seven billion dollars to get there.”
Northern Dynasty said in a statement released late on Tuesday that two letters supporting the project had been submitted to the EPA in the past month. One by the State of Alaska and the other one signed by a total of 14 states, including Alaska, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyomin.
“[EPA’s attempt to block Pebble] diminishes the importance of resource development to Alaska and its people. It also disregards the State’s ability to – and history of – ensuring protection of its own fishery resources through the State’s permitting system,” the Alaska’s
