In Tyonek, celebration as a coal mining company backs down

Many in Tyonek, a village on the western shore of Cook Inlet, are celebrating after the Chuitna coal mine proposal was shelved by PacRim Coal. (Photo Courtesy The Salmon Project/Ash Adams)
Residents of the tiny Cook Inlet village of Tyonek are celebrating after news that a company attempting to develop a massive coal mine near their village, has shelved the project.PacRim Coal has been pursuing the Chuitna Coal Project for more than a decade, but the company has been fighting with environme