The company trying to build a huge copper and gold mine in the salmon-rich Bristol Bay will keep fighting for the project, despite a decision by the federal government to keep the proposed development ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The EPA invoked a rarely used order to protect Bristol Bay and halt development of the Pebble Mine in Alaska (Photo: NRDC/Ryan ...

In 2001, a Canadian mining company proposed a massive gold and copper mine at the headwaters of Bristol Bay, a pristine water system on the coast of the Alaska Peninsula that’s home to the largest ...

The Environmental Protection Agency used the Clean Water Act on Monday to veto a proposed copper and gold mining project near Alaska’s Bristol Bay. Not only does the veto apply to the Pebble mine ...

EPA decision protects Bristol Bay waters from becoming a dumping ground for mine waste; effectively rebuffing the threat of Pebble Mine Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The nation’s top environmental official said he fully supports his agency’s decision to block a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska’s salmon-rich Bristol Bay, even as the ...

The nation’s top environmental official said he fully supports his agency’s decision to block a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska’s salmon-rich Bristol Bay, even as the state of Alaska has asked ...

The EPA won a 12-year battle for a cleaner habitat for one of the state’s most iconic natural resources, salmon. They are taking a big step to protect Bristol Bay, the most productive wild salmon ...

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks at the University of Maryland, May 11, 2023, in College Park, Md. Regan said he fully supports his agency's decision to block ...