Trump's EPA reaffirms Biden-era Pebble Mine veto

Trump's EPA reaffirms Biden-era Pebble Mine veto

The proposed site of the Pebble Mine. (Jason Sear/KDLG) The Environmental Protection Agency is sticking with its veto of the proposed Pebble Mine project in southwest Alaska. Northern Dynasty, the parent company behind the Pebble project, is still suing to get the veto overturned. A document filed in that lawsuit early this month said the company and the EPA were in settlement talks, and that the Trump administration said it was open to reconsid…