Pebble finds friends on U.S. House panel

Pebble CEO Tom Collier waits to testify at a U.S. House hearing. Photo: Liz Ruskin
Proponents of the Pebble mine in southwestern Alaska brought their case to the U.S. House today. Pebble says the EPA collaborated with mine opponents to restrict the project, in what the company calls a pre-emptive veto, because Pebble hasn’t applied for federal permits yet. Pebble got a sympathetic ear from the Republicans on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.
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