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

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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.

Supreme Court ruling: implications for Pebble

Posted by Elizabeth Bluemink

Posted: June 23, 2009 - 6:23 pm

Here's the story I wrote for today's paper about the long-term implications of Monday's major ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on Juneau's embattled Kensington mine.

Some say they expect lots of companies, not just mines, to start asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permission to have their waste treated as fill.

As the story says, it's not clear whether the ruling will have direct consequences for Pebble. It might or it might not.