Rep. DeFazio Calls Pebble Mine Proposal a Sham, Notes Effect to Oregon Seafood Industry
Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., criticized the Pebble Mine Project as a sham this week.
His comments came during an oversight hearing examining the impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine Project. He criticized the project as a shell game, pointing to inflated job-creation numbers, wishful claims of environmental protection on a project unprecedented in scale and noted the absence of financial viability of the project.
DeFazio also criticized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for ...
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