Dear Supporter: We have good reason to celebrate this month. The company that wanted to put a coal strip mine through 14 miles of salmon streams in the Chuitna River watershed announced that it has stopped pursuing a permit. This is fantastic … Read More
In our line of work, good news often comes in small packages. This time it came in a status update from PacRim Coal, LP. For years, the company has been seeking a permit to mine through 14 miles of salmon streams in the Chuitna River watershed across Cook Inlet from Anchorage. In a … Read More
Today, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a new permit to the Pebble Limited Partnership (Pebble) that requires an unprecedented $2 million performance guarantee bond. This new one-year permit requires that Pebble complete specific reclamation work during … Read More
Celebrating the successes of 2016: Pebble subpoenas tossed out; Trustees argue for National Park Service regulatory authority over navigable waters; court decision stops Mat-Su coal mining; and more.… Read More
Client Perspective: Judy Donegan is a resident of the Buffalo Mine Neighborhood and board member of the Castle Mountain Coalition. Here’s her story on fighting Wishbone Hill: Cheers could be heard up and down the Matanuska Valley and all the … Read More
The Army Corps delays the Chuitna EIS due to the incomplete application from PacRim.… Read More
Chuitna Citizens Coalition’s water reservation is being challenged. PacRim continues its permit applications to build a mine for coal nobody wants.… Read More
The Healy Coal Plant catches fire once again and again is shutdown.… Read More
The Seward Coal Loading Facility finally has a Clean Water Act permit to control coal debris and protect water quality of Resurrection Bay.… Read More
Trustees for Alaska gave oral argument in a case challenging Usibelli Coal Mine’s expired permit at the proposed Wishbone Hill strip mine in the Matanuska Valley.… Read More