The Pebble Mine is a massive open-pit copper and gold
mining project that threatens the largest sockeye salmon run
in the world, in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The Bristol Bay
salmon fishery helps to feed the world, with an abundant, healthy
sustainable source of wild seafood, and home to 15,000 much
needed jobs for Alaskans.
But we could be on the brink of stopping this harmful mine once
and for all. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who has
the power to reject the mine, has proposed a plan to do just that.
They have asked for public comments -- but the period ends
in just two weeks.
Our friends at Earthworks, an organization that has worked with
Alaska Native Tribes for over a decade to stop Pebble Mine, are
asking SumOfUs members all around the world to sign a petition
calling on the EPA to kill Pebble Mine once and for all.
Will
you add your name to tens of thousands of SumOfUs members who have
already spoken out against Pebble Mine?
The mine is extremely unpopular – 85% of Alaskans and 73%
of Americans support the EPA’s decision to protect Bristol
Bay.
The project also makes no financial sense: multiple studies have
declared the Pebble Project to be not economically
viable.
It’s people power that has stopped this mine so far --
tens of thousands of SumOfUs members called on mining giant
Rio Tinto to pull out of Pebble Mine, and thousands more chipped in
to get Alaskan Native leaders to Rio Tinto’s annual shareholder
meeting in London. And because of your help, Rio Tinto
announced that it would divest from Pebble Mine just as the Native
leaders arrived to make a huge media show.
Please
take action to ask the EPA to reject Pebble mine now.
Your ongoing action has helped fight other destructive mining
companies before. Because of your support, we helped Maxima
Acuna stop Newmont Mining's mine development in Peru. Her heroic
efforts won her the Green Nobel Prize. And because of your
work, OceanaGold’s lawsuit against El Salvador has been dismissed --
a lawsuit that threatened the country’s last source of drinkable
water.
When we stand together, we can stop mining companies from
destroying our ecosystem and local communities. Please take action
now.
