Laws & Regulations

"Pebble Mine Alters Alaska Road Plan, Riling Environmentalists"

"The plan for a large proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay has changed to include a two-lane, 82-mile access road along the northern shore of Lake Iliamna, alarming environmental opponents who say they weren’t informed of the change until late in the permitting process."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/25/2020

"First Piece Of Disputed Keystone XL Pipeline Finished"

"A Canadian company has built the first piece of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S. border and started work on labor camps in Montana and South Dakota. But it has not resolved a courtroom setback that would make it hard to finish the $8 billion project."

Source: AP, 05/22/2020

"Interior Extends Comment Period on Chaco Canyon Drilling Plan"

"The Interior Department will give the public four more months to comment on a plan to expand oil and gas development near New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/22/2020

"Public Rebuts Alaska Rainforest Logging, Roadless Exemption Plan"

"The public is broadly opposed to the Trump administration’s plan to open most of the world’s largest remaining coastal temperate rainforest to logging and road-building, according to an internal U.S. Forest Service report."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/20/2020

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