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Stopping Pebble Mine and Saving Alaska’s Wild Salmon Stopping Pebble Mine and Saving Alaska’s Wild Salmon December 17, 2020 Pebble Mine was proposed as an open-pit mine to extract gold and copper. A project that would require dredging up and filling an area in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska — the setting for enormous salmon runs that produce tens of millions of wild sockeye salmon each year, making Bristol Bay home to the largest wild salmon harvest in the world. These salmon are the bedrock of the local economy, supporting a billion-dollar fishing industry and thousan...

Saving alaska's wilderness kingdom 1879 to 1960." douglas brinkley, i can't wait to read this. >> thank you. >> my daughter carly as well will love it. >> you, of course -- >> it's an incredible story. >> you talk about america's most beautiful stretch of wilderness, but it's not peaceful. there has been a battle for over a century to save alaska. >> absolutely. you know, united states got alaska in 1867, andrew johnson got it, secretary of state william seward. it was called seward's folly, seward's ice box. then gold was found in the hills. people poured into the gold rush, the klondike of a...

In 2009. he survived pan -- pancreatic cancer in 2004. it's not no one when he will return to work. for all your business news tune in to fox business news giving you the power to prosper. >> how about alaska? you know it's magnificent. it's beautiful, it's huge. "on the record" has taken you to the great state of alaska several times. the author douglas brinkley has a back about alaska called "the quiet world, saving alaska's wildlife." nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> this is part 2 of your book. the title, "the quiet world "why did you call it that? >> it used to be you would hear th...

And water to survivors. the death toll more than 650. thousands have been left homeless. tune in to the fox news business network, giving you the power to prosper. now back to "on the record." >> how about alaska? you know it's magnificent. it's beautiful, it's huge. "on the record" has taken you to the great state of alaska several times. the author douglas brinkley has a back about alaska called "the quiet world, saving alaska's wildlife." nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> this is part 2 of your book. the title, "the quiet world "why did you call it that? >> it used to be you would hea...

To put it in simple terms, what we're talking about doing is injecting some shredded, rope, wire, at the well head at the bottom. they're hoping to dam it up. it is possible. the oil is coming out underneath that water. with more than 2,000 pounds of pressure, enough to lift a mini cooper so putting a cork into that could be very difficult. >> the oil slick has wiped out huge chunks of the gulf coast fishing industry. it has affected hundreds of miles of beachlands and wildlife. douglas brinkley is passionate about the environment. one of his many books about president roosevelt creating a wil...