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Happen. a month later the epa made that secret decision official, giving the mining company the win it needed. in response to this report, alaska's governor didn't answer a single question, only giving cnn a statement saying he supports mining, but the ceo of pebble mining tom collier meant to stress two things, first he and his company had no advance knowledge of decisions made by the epa and second, in his view he says it's fairly normal to have these types of communications even in support of writing draft letters for the governor to edit and sign. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. incredible r...

Experts. >> absolutely, i met with mr. pruitt. >> reporter: for pebble limited partnership ceo tom collier, it was a huge win. and it comes with no apologies. and do you think it was not wrong that mr. pruitt did not even look at the work that had been done. the optics on this look -- >> the optics on this are right. went him to an administrator and got him to reverse what an entire department had worked for years. >> then what you're glasses on because you're not seeing the right optics. >> reporter: it's called a clean water act designation, so rare it's only happened like this one other tim...

Pristine area was being removed. pruitt opened the door to what could become the largest open pit mines in the world. according to multiple sources he made that decision without a briefing from any of e pa's scientists or experts. >> absolutely i met with mr. pruitt. >> for tom collier it was a huge win and it comes with no apologies. >> and do you think it was not wrong that mr. pruitt did not look at what the work had been done? >> not a science decision it's a process decision. the optics on this are right. >> this looks like a head of a gold mine went to a new administrator and got him to ...

(indiscernible). the that's our show. >> you can love nature, but still hate the tyranny the green movement now imposes. >> the proposed mind is a disaster waiting to happen. >> that ad comes from one of the richest environmental groups the nrdc. the national resources defense council. >> image the natural paradise destroyed by a 2,000 foot gaping hole in the ground. >> the man who wants to dig the hole is tom collier. he once once managed environmental policy for al gore and bill clinton. >> you consider yourself an environmental list? >> he saw opportunity in alaska. >> this is the...

(indiscernible). the that's our show. >> you can love nature, but still hate the tyranny the green movement now imposes. >> the proposed mind is a disaster waiting to happen. >> that ad comes from one of the richest environmental groups the nrdc. the national resources defense council. >> image the natural paradise destroyed by a 2,000 foot gaping hole in the ground. >> the man who wants to dig the hole is tom collier. he once once managed environmental policy for al gore and bill clinton. >> you consider yourself an environmental list? >> he saw opportunity in alaska. >> this is the single la...