The mine, and supporting activities, would provide significant tax revenue to the state. The State of Alaska predicts that direct mining tax revenue, even without Pebble, will be one of the most important sources of non-oil tax revenue (exceeding revenue from fishing).[72]
The mine will create well-paying jobs in an increasingly poverty-stricken region [73] — roughly 2000 jobs for construction, dropping to 1000 permanent jobs during the 30 to 60 year expected life span of the mine.[74]
The mine would provide a domestic resource of raw materials lowering the United States reliance on foreign sources.[75]
Protection of the environment and fisheries will be ensured by the stringent environmental review and permitting process, including an EIS, that is required before development is allowed.
Much of the poor environmental track record of mining is from a time before current technologies and regulations.
Northern Dynasty has a "no net loss" policy for fisheries.[76]
I love her bio. "Frances Gillespie Beinecke, born "circa 1960." Circa? They hadn't invited writing by 1960? Born into great wealth and of course an Ivy League education made her into the travesty we see before us today. In her save the world pictures she's wearing pearls. Pal of Obama's; appointed to many councils that work tirelessly with Soros money to punish job- and wealth-creators so she and her fellow toffey-noses can feel good about themselves and world socialism. And the Dems dare say "Ann Romney never worked a day in her life." That was another perfectly planned assassination of a conservative. Mistake my behind.
“one of our last and greatest wild places”
Living in civlization warps people’s brains. It’s clear no one has any clue how small a share of the whole has actually been developed. There’s more wild than anyone knows what to do with, or care about. They only care about this area, presumably, because people live around it.
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Beineke, eh? Presumably descended from the Beineke who donated the Beineke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale.
I did some research there, once. Wonderful place. One of the few with a Gutenberg Bible.
Those were the days when the rich did useful things.