Pebble Opponents Refuse Meeting with Mine Owners, Say it is Public Relations Stunt
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Ketchikan Daily News] By Becky Bohrer - August 22, 2017
JUNEAU — Several groups critical of a proposed copper and gold mine near the headwaters of a major Alaska salmon fishery have refused a meeting invitation from the project’s developers and instead are planning a protest rally next week.
Alannah Hurley, with the United Tribes of Bristol Bay, called the invitation by the Pebble Limited Partnership a public relations stunt. She said her organization is not interested in having a discussion based on the presumption that a mine will be built...
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