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.


Archive

Mitsubishi ups its stake in Pebble (Updated) - 1/6/2009 6:56 pm

Anglo, Africa and human rights - 1/5/2009 6:01 pm

Differing views on Bristol Bay BLM decision - 1/2/2009 4:53 pm

Water quality data at Pebble (Revised) - 12/24/2008 9:45 am

Pebble jobs - 12/23/2008 4:29 pm

Villagers travel to Anglo mines abroad - 12/18/2008 2:49 pm

Anglo cuts, Part 2 (Updated) - 12/12/2008 2:59 pm

New water pollution suit - 12/12/2008 11:03 am

A question for Pebble blog readers - 12/10/2008 1:47 pm

Rio to cut 14,000 jobs - 12/10/2008 10:20 am

Anglo cuts? - 12/8/2008 10:43 am

Gloomy headlines about mining - 12/4/2008 3:39 pm

Bristol Bay salmon appear in Wal-Mart stores - 11/20/2008 10:04 am

Natives, Canada & the mining boom - 11/19/2008 3:41 pm

Pebble web event - 11/17/2008 3:32 pm

New mineral entry in Bristol Bay region (Updated) - 11/17/2008 9:45 am

More Kensington-related woes - 11/13/2008 4:11 pm

Gold! - 11/11/2008 11:11 am

Old-time copper mining - 11/5/2008 5:32 pm

Record-breaking year for Alaska mines - 11/5/2008 11:05 am

More Palin and Pebble - 10/22/2008 4:53 pm

New York Times: Palin and Pebble - 10/22/2008 9:45 am

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Tuesday night's election story

Posted by pebble_blog

Posted: August 28, 2008 - 10:00 am

Folks:
Just fyi, I confirmed today that I didn't give Bob Gillam's entire contribution to the "Yes" vote ballot group, Alaskans for Clean Water, in the story I wrote on Tuesday night about the vote results.

I left out a $250,000 contribution that occurred on July 8 that was on one part of the APOC web site, where scanned reports are stored, but not in the main database.

Anyway, after double-checking with APOC, the total amount that Gillam disclosed giving to the "Yes" vote campaign was $810,000.


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  2     August 30, 2008 - 9:54pm | Scarfacemarlene

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Please don't SPEND any Leftover on sarah paylin,she'll greedy it up for her parents mine in wasilla,and make FUN of ALASKA again on national television..SARAH in dc,I DON'T THINK SO!! not with her two left feet,

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  September 1, 2008 - 5:44am | Victor67

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  August 31, 2008 - 10:31am | rfn

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  1     August 28, 2008 - 7:49pm | njalo99

in hindsight

I guess a little over 800,000 isn't enough to take on a whole industry....

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  August 29, 2008 - 10:47am | rfn

Remember,

that $800,000 was just one contribution from one moneyed individual.

Curious whether we'll ever know how much came from secretive anonymous donors to organizations that don't have to report. The money to which The ADN referred as "laundered".

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