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Pebble news updates

Sportsman groups ask Presidential candidates to take a position, a US House oversight committee calls foul on EPA IG report, and joint resource committee meeting in Juneau hears from Cohen Group. 

Sparring over the Pebble Mine has trickled into national and state politics over the past few weeks. Recently, sports fishing groups called on the Presidential candidates to take a position on Pebble, and a House oversight committee slammed the EPA’s Inspector General report on the agency’s work in Bristol Bay. This week, a joint meeting of the House and Senate resources committees heard from Gen. Joe Ralston about the Cohen report.