Pebble Mine Partnership Can’t Even Collect Data Without Mucking Things Up…

The Pebble Mine Partnership promises they can mine responsibly, but they’re already screwing up the area, as this video pretty plainly documents. (Note: I’m not sure why a rock soundtrack was needed, but just turn off the sound — and see what the world’s largest remaining salmon run has to look forward to if Pebble’s approved…):

Posted in Environment, Video and tagged pebble mine.

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trout chaser September 23, 2011, 5:50 am Reply

It’s absurd to think that even someone who could care less about the environmental results (and there are plenty who don’t) would nonetheless be willing to threaten/sacrifice a long term, viable local economy based on the salmon for a pittance in royalties. It should be noted too, that royalty monies go into the coffers of the state, not the pockets of the locals… Jobs? What Jobs? In my wildest imaginings, I cannot see Pebble creating enough local jobs to offset the millions of dollars that the salmon bring to the region.

Can Pebble be made safe? Maybe, but there is ample precedent from similar operations that would suggest not. It has also been amply demonstrated that large corporate interests will not be held responsible for their actions, and there is no doubt who will be left holding the bag when a disaster happens. (Anyone been to Prince William Sound lately?)

Is the risk worth the potential return? Of course not. I suspect that I’m preaching to the choir on this blog, but Alaska is home. There is a strange mentality at work that deifies corporate economics and resource extraction, as though they deserve to exist based on their own merits. It drives me nuts when people advocate for this kind of thing, blind to the long term ramifications. It has to be a kind of willful ignorance. No one can look at the big picture here and seriously think “this is the right thing to do.”

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