But as the industry atrophied, so too did the economic fortunes of places like Butte and Anaconda that were built around copper mining. Revolving doors of executives, shell compan ...

During his first term, Trump blocked a similar project, the Pebble Mine above Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska, because his oldest son and a wealthy advisor took the side of the bay’s salmon ...

The development, known as Pebble Mine, could decimate Bristol Bay salmon and threaten brown bears and other wildlife that call these parks home. It also puts Alaska Native communities and Alaska’s ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— A coalition of conservation organizations filed a motion today to intervene in a lawsuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision that protects Bristol Bay from ...

The Pebble Mine is a large deposit of gold ... recently told CNN the decision was actually made in June after President Donald Trump met with Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy. The two met aboard Air ...

This story appears in the December 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. All that the American West once was, Alaska still is. Abounding with natural marvels and largely untouched by human ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. MISSOULA — It would dwarf the Berkeley Pit: A hole blasted and dug into the Alaskan ...

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum called for increased activity in the commodity sector, urging industry leaders to seize opportunities on public lands. At the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston ...

Alaska natives, who have hunted Iliamna Lake seals for centuries ... Iliamna Lake seals face serious and growing threats from large-scale mining operations and climate change. The Pebble Mine, a ...