The Pebble Mine proposed in southwestern Alaska is slated to become one of the largest gold, copper and molybdenum mines in the world. It would produce more than 10 billion tons of mining waste laced with toxins that threatens to decimate the half-billion dollar Bristol Bay salmon industry. The mine would eliminate or block nearly 87 miles of salmon streams, destroy up to 4,286 acres of wetlands, and threaten to contaminate the ground and surface waters throughout the Bristol Bay watershed.
The Pebble Mine threatens so much destruction in the Bristol Bay ecosystems that more than 60 jewelers representing more than $6 billion in annual sales, including Tiffany & Co., will boycott gold produced from the Pebble Mine if it ever opens.
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