Study sees Pebble Mine bonanza, but opponents still determined to block project

M.D. Kittle and Shelby Sebens

Alaska's proposed Pebble Mine, caught between a fish and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, would create thousands of jobs and a 600-percent increase in tax revenue for an economically depressed region, according to a study commissioned by the partnership backing the development.  Will the findings be enough to change the minds of environmentalists, backed by an EPA study under fire? Probably not.

Still, the Pebble Limited Partnership, the development initiative of London-based Anglo American and British Columbia's Northern Dynasty Minerals, says the analysis makes a pretty compelling case about the economics involved in a project proponents say can co-exist peacefully with the region's land, lakes and streams….To Read More…..