EIS OKs controversial Pebble Mine near Katmai NP&Pres

From the air it looks like just another tract of Alaska’s endless, roadless tundra, pockmarked with lakes and ponds, with a scattering of some of the state’s craggy mountains.

But this swath of land, home to foraging bears and spawning salmon about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, has been a battleground for years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/climate/pebble-mine-alaska-environment.html