Hughes v. Treadwell

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20135
No(s). S-15468 (Alaska Jun 23, 2014)

The Supreme Court of Alaska upheld a ballot initiative that would require legislative approval of the any new large-scale metallic sulfide mining operation—the Pebble Mine gold and copper project—in the Bristol Bay watershed. Despite mining associations' arguments to the contrary, the "Bristol B...