April 1, 2014 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the public comments on its proposed action to block work in a controversial Alaskan pebble mine show overwhelming support for government action.
According to the EPA, about 77 percent of the 1.1 million total comments favored EPA action to prevent work in the Bristol Bay area mine, which critics argued could do vast damage the environment, including destroying up to 94 miles of salmon-spawning streams.
"Nearly all" of the comments opposing EPA action "came from a single organization backed by mining interests," the EPA wrote in its statement.
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