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Now that the EPA’s announced its review of the Pending Pebble Mine Disaster, We’re seeing a full court press on the Pebble issue from pretty much everyone – including Orvis and TU, who seem to feel this is the best chance to put the boots to Pebble (my words, not theirs).

So while I mentioned it in an earlier post, it’s worth revisiting in its own post: Now’s the time to invest 30 seconds of your day into kicking the butt of a few mining executives, who have frankly gone the Nestle route (lies, misinformation, outright arrogance, and more lies) to selling this hummer of a project to the public.

Trout Unlimited has set up a very simple, very fast response page.

I’m writing a personal note and pasting it into the response space, but if you’re in a hurry, simply fill in your information and click the “Send Now” button, and you’re out in under 30 seconds.

Fighting bad corporate projects mostly offers a good excuse not to get out of bed in the morning, but – take it from someone who witnessed Nestle’s banishment from McCloud close-up – it can be done.

Mostly, it requires ongoing vigilance and a willingness to stick your head in a vise now and then.

Today, all we’re asking for is 30 seconds (45 if you type slow) – a small price to pay for not slapping yourself on the forehead twenty years from now, wondering why you didn’t do more to stop the project which turned one of the few truly healthy salmon habitats into a stinking, toxic cesspool.

A half-minute is all we ask.

See you in a pristine Bristol Bay, Tom Chandler.

Sent to us by the folks hoping to turn the Pending Pebble Mine Disaster into a distant memory, the stunning, oh-so eco-friendly ad below has been prepared by the Pebble Partnership – the companies who want to turn Bristol Bay into toxic waste site (though a profitable one for them).

The Pebble Partnership’s hoping to reassure us sporting types that no way their giant open-pit mine – and all the toxic tailings associated with it – are going to harm wildlife in the area because, you know, they say so right in the ad.

Wow. If only they’d been this clear earlier, I’m sure the salmon themselves would have welcomed them with open arms.

My favorite line? “Pebble is just an exploratory project today. But already we’re setting new standards for environmental care.”

I’d like to point out that setting “new standards for environmental care” isn’t particularly difficult, given that prior open-pit mines have absolutely devastated the surrounding environment.

It’s a little like saying “Stalin set new standards in the creation of unpopulated territory” or “Donald Trump set new standards in hair styling.”

Meanwhile, the Sportsmen’s Alliance for Alaska continues its eBay fundraising auctions, so stop by and make a bid.

Until then, see you on the river, Tom Chandler.

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