The Pebble Blog : Pebble Blog lives again

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.

Pebble Blog lives again

Posted by Elizabeth Bluemink

Posted: July 22, 2009 - 3:20 pm

Hi folks:

Quite a few bloggable things happened while I was gone, and I'll post a few of them in the next hour or two.

But first things first.

For a while we've been batting around the idea of whether to broaden the scope of the blog or keep it focused on mining topics that relate directly to Pebble. (Arguably, much of what happens at modern AK mines or another large gold-copper project, and/or changes in state and federal mining rules, has some correlation to Pebble.) No final decision has been made, and there's a good argument to be made for keeping the blog Pebble-centric. But if we did broaden the scope of the blog -- make it about mining, in general -- I'd be fishing around for a new name for the blog.

If you have any insightful comments to offer to this decision-making process, please feel to send me a line at ebluemink@adn.com.