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Blue_In_AK

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2. I haven't yet figured out why mining jobs are better or more important than fishing jobs,

Reply to Bennyboy (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 03:41 PM

Apr 2013

especially considering that fish are renewable. I'm stunned that in the light of the EPA's clear doubts about this project that Pebble would go ahead and allocate $80 million toward going forward. Very, very few people in the state want this project and numerous lawsuits have been filed to stop it.

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EPA says Pebble Mine could wipe out salmon streams, wetlands [View all] Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 OP

Let's start digging..... Dirty Business...... Bennyboy Apr 2013 #1

I haven't yet figured out why mining jobs are better or more important than fishing jobs, Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #2

jobs are great MFM008 Apr 2013 #3

Positively criminal to mine that area. No matter how careful they are, it will be ruined. It is... northoftheborder Apr 2013 #4

Yes, you're absolutely right. Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #5