The decision issued Monday is the latest in a long string of legal and administrative rulings against the project.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has upheld its denial of a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine , upstream from Bristol Bay .“Pebble will not be over until we have federal legislation, basically saying Bristol Bay is protected forever, and it’s permanent,” said Lindsey Bloom, a strategist with SalmonState, part of the coalition of tribes, Native corporations, fishermen and lodge owners that has fought the mine for decades.
For mine opponents like Bloom, the seemingly endless administrative appeals and lawsuits point to the need for Congress to pass a law putting a stop to the project.
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