Thursday, April 22, 2010

Pebble Mine Boycott Over Fish



The Pebble Mine in Anchorage, Alaska seems to be having a hard time getting started. The development is located on one of the world's only sockeye salmon streams. Because of this location, the mining company is looking at an uphill battle before breaking ground. Environmental protection agencies and the mines potential customers are joining forces in an unlikely partnership against the mining company. Even Zale Corp. has announced that they would be boycotting all metals that are mined from the Pebble Mine.

You can read an in-depth article from huffingtonpost.com

Do you think it is a good thing to protect the fish over the mining of precious metals?

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