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Associated Press: The group promoting a massive gold-and-copper prospect near Alaska's Bristol Bay said Tuesday they plan to press on with their work, despite passage of a ballot initiative aimed at stopping the controversial Pebble Mine.
Unofficial results released by southwest Alaska's Lake and Peninsula Borough late Monday showed a vote of 280-246 in favor of a ban on large-scale resource extraction activity, including mining, that would destroy or degrade salmon habitat.
The measure was targeted at Pebble......
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Alaska voters say no to gold, copper mine
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 18th, 2011
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