Str8shooter
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At this point Im still skeptical that this is the final death blow....but it is still good news for folks who value intact watersheds and the largest salmon fishery in the world.
Also, I wonder exactly how much money Don thinks that this Canadian owned mining company was going to bring to the state of Alaska, and exactly how much money and livelihoods would be lost with the destruction of the worlds largest Sockeye salmon fishery.
Why don't those real people with real families find one of the thousands of jobs supplied by the Salmon this mine threatened?Too bad. This was jobs for real people with real families who actually live in Alaska. Seems to be hampered by enviro-zealots out of state who lack skin in the game.
Why don't those real people with real families find one of the thousands of jobs supplied by the Salmon this mine threatened?
Spare me the jobs argument. This was going to mean very few jobs for "real Alaskans". And the irony of your comment when you aren't even in Alaska is just the icing on the cake. Feel free to stay in Oregon so you can simplify your Bio.
Yeah, and of course Northern Dynasty's CEO states that he vows to appeal it. Like what's already been stated, I also don't necessarily think that this is the final nail in the coffin, but it's definitely a step in the right direction. One thing that kind of pisses me off is that our congressman Don Young is quoted as saying that he is "disappointed that the process doesn't allow sufficient input from Alaskans", and "now there must be a consideration of how the feds will compensate our state for the loss of economic potential. My question to Don Young is, have you not listened to the Alaskans overwhelming anti-Pebble sentiment over the last three decades, and exactly how do you think that the federal government should compensate the state of Alaska when the fact is, Northern Dynasty is a Canadian owned company that would more than likely only employ a handful of local Alaskans? Also, I wonder exactly how much money Don thinks that this Canadian owned mining company was going to bring to the state of Alaska, and exactly how much money and livelihoods would be lost with the destruction of the worlds largest Sockeye salmon fishery. I have voted for Don Young many times, but god damnit, sometimes he says some real stupid shit.
Too bad. This was jobs for real people with real families who actually live in Alaska. Seems to be hampered by enviro-zealots out of state who lack skin in the game.
it’s funny how some people love “deregulation”.
What most people do not realize is that government oversight is absolutely needed b/c most corporations are amoral and only care about profits to shareholders. Without government oversight many companies would literally dump their contaminated by-products right into the local lake or river.
I guess one could argue that it might be worth the pain in the case of the mine, if the company was giving a 1/4 royalty to the state and had posted an irrevocable bond for $1billion to cover clean up costs.
Otherwise they will just do what British petroleum did, act like asses and blow off safety protocols and then walk away from making whole every business owner they screwed over when they blew out their deep horizon well and shut the gulf coast down for a year. They didn’t come close to paying to cover the lost revenue to the fishermen, shrimpers, hotel owners and restaurants that all got hammered. Even if they could pay the businesses, how do you pay Mother Nature for killing all the dolphins, oysters, red snapper, pelicans, etc.
Ain’t worth the grief.
Wrong, there are so many salmon jobs in the region, anybody who wants a job has one. These “jobs” the mine we’re going g to create were nothing but low level grunt gigs that nobody wants anyways. That mine could easily destroy the fishery and THAT would cause serious job losses, the canneries, fishermen etc.
You probably got stuck on the word "think".That guy is trolling for sure. Even with extraordinarily low expectations for most people these days, it is hard to believe that anyone is actually stupid enough to think Pebble would be a good decision for Alaska.