The Pebble Blog

The gigantic Pebble copper and gold prospect in Southwest Alaska is one of the touchiest topics in Alaska today.

In this blog, I'll track news that is significant or interesting about the Pebble project. I'll also try to generate discussion and information sharing about some of the claims and counterclaims about the project, and mining in general.

Please keep your comments courteous and on topic. If you violate the ADN comment policy, your posts will be deleted.

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About Elizabeth Bluemink ebluemink@adn.com

I've been writing about mining in Alaska since 2004 and without a doubt, it is one of the most interesting topics that I cover at the Daily News. I've been a newspaper reporter for the past 10 years. In the Deep South, I specialized in reporting about environmental conflicts and pollution cleanups. For two years, I covered commercial fishing, mining and logging in Southeast Alaska. In my current job as a Daily News business reporter, I write about mining, tourism, Native corporations and other businesses.


Want to vote? - 7/24/2008 11:17 am

Ad Dollars, disclosed - 7/23/2008 6:48 pm

ADFG deputy goes to work for Pebble - 7/21/2008 11:41 am

Mining news roundup, Part 1 - 7/16/2008 4:18 pm

New groundwater reports - 7/10/2008 5:05 pm

Fishing Academy - 7/9/2008 5:25 pm

Drilling questions - 7/7/2008 3:15 pm

Tailings Dam Failures, Part 2 - 7/7/2008 9:46 am

Tailings Dam failures, Part 1 - 7/3/2008 2:15 pm

Movies, movies, movies - 7/1/2008 2:02 pm

Anglo & Zimbabwe (Updated) - 6/25/2008 10:59 am

More Pebble data - 6/24/2008 12:29 pm

Anglo American: A takeover target? - 6/16/2008 11:27 am

Hot off the press - 6/11/2008 3:31 pm

Bristol Bay history - 6/10/2008 11:49 am

Court dismisses anti-Pebble initiative - 6/9/2008 1:05 pm

A legislative legal opinion on Clean Water 3/Ballot Measure 4 - 6/5/2008 5:14 pm

More on the Clean Water Initiatives - 6/4/2008 5:09 pm

More about clean water - 6/3/2008 6:11 pm

Water discharges at Rock Creek Mine - 6/2/2008 5:26 pm

Profile of Anglo American chief - 5/29/2008 12:29 pm

Miners still nervous about initiatives - 5/23/2008 6:36 pm

UAA Pebble debate

The University of Alaska Anchorage is hosting a public debate on Thursday to address: "Should the State of Alaska permit the development of Pebble Mine?"
The debate is organized by UAA's Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence and the university's globe-trotting and award-winning Seawolf Debate Team.
The team will debate the topic, and a faculty panel will be on hand to answer questions and take comments. A public discussion will follow the debate.
Details: March 27 at 7 p.m. in the UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307.
For additional information, call (907) 786-4605 or e-mail aner@uaa.alaska.edu.
To read the UAA press release, open the document attached to this blog post.


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  2     April 4, 2008 - 2:39pm | PuckFebble

Interesting Read

Firstly, Kudos to the Iliamna Development Corporation for having a very nice website and being willing to post such items.
The last paragraph posted I found particularly insightful.
In my many debates about the Pebble issue with a wide variety of people, those in favor or at least neutral to this point always point to a dollar value. I usually counter with exactly what you point out. The fact that one cannot place any accurate dollar value on what is at stake here.

  1     March 28, 2008 - 11:35am | arcec

A very interesting and informational discussion!

I wrote a little on my views of the debate. You can find it here:

http://www.engagingcommunities.com/announcements.php

  March 31, 2008 - 9:57am | ebluemink

thanks!

for linking your comments, Charisse!