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In boost to Pebble Mine promoters, EPA withdraws Clean Water Act protections

The US Environmental Protection Agency's determination to pull back the protections is seen as a major boost to the development of the planned open-pit mine

By Jason Smith | July 31, 2019 18:09 BST
Mist settles over Cook Inlet not far from Iliamna, Alaska, and the site of the proposed Pebble Mine project. Photograph by Sean Pearson/Shutterstock
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will withdraw protections implemented by in 2014 under the Clean Water Act that could have posed a hurdle to the proposed Pebble Mine development, which many salmon harvesters say threatens Alaska's Bristol Bay fishery [...]

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