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July 27, 2020

Trump Clears Way for Alaska's Pebble Mine, Which Would Cause Major Environmental Devastation
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The Trump administration on Friday cleared a major hurdle for the
proposed Pebble Mine, a multibillion-dollar copper and gold mine in
Alaska that would be among the world's largest. Environmentalists and
local Indigenous communities have fought against the proposed mine for
nearly two decades, saying it would poison their communities and
devastate Bristol Bay's salmon fishery. 


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