New EPA chief steps into Alaska mine controversy MCT News President Barack Obama’s top environmental official was visibly moved as people in this fishing town told her the giant Pebble Mine would kill wild salmon and destroy their culture. “You remind why we’re all here, what we work for every day and why I am probably the most blessed person in the world to be at EPA at this time,” said Gina McCarthy, who became administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency just last month. McCarthy visited the Bristol Bay region this week as a nationwide debate grows over the proposed mine. It could be the largest open-pit mine in North America and is in a region that produces half the world’s wild red salmon. The proposed gold and copper mine pits interests anxious for new jobs against those who say it will destroy streams, wetlands and salmon populations. mcalesternews
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:00:01 +0000
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