Today, former Alaska Senate President Rick Halford testified in front of the Science, Space and Technology Committee concerning a report Pebble commissioned from the Cohen Group. There was a great deal of misinformation spoken during the hearing and we are glad to have someone there to speak the truth.

Pebble’s not taking a hint. Americans, Alaskans, and Bristol Bay residents overwhelmingly oppose their mine. Yet, they are at it again trying to convince Americans, and now our members of Congress, that they were treated unfairly and should be able to pursue their mine.

For years, Pebble mine proponents repeatedly claimed to have forthcoming plans. In the end, these claims were empty promises – leading Alaskans to believe they’d start a public review process, when they were truthfully waiting for the political winds to change in their favor.