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Here are the basic facts about the Chuitna coal strip mine. Introduction: PacRim Coal, a Delaware corporation funded by Texas investors, is working to develop Alaska’s largest coal strip mine 45 miles west of Anchorage. If fully developed, this project will: If fully developed PacRim’s plan will strip over 32 square miles of the Chuitna [...]

• Tried it: Citizens’ initiatives, petitions and testimony found deaf ear; what’s next? By Naomi Klouda From the Homer Tribune When Gov. Sean Parnell’s administration concluded that PacRim Coal’s proposed mine through 11 miles of salmon stream is not unsuitable, those who fought to protect the river were only temporarily stunned. “This is just a [...]

A study released by the Center for Sustainable Economy concluded the proposed Chuitna coal strip mine could cost Alaska $2 billion over the 25 year life span of the mine. The report calculates Net Public Benefit; the measure of total economic output of a project. Net Public Benefit is calculated by taking the total economic [...]

From The Mudflats Remember, way back last year when I rode a bus in a snowstorm to go hear testimony in Kenai? It was all about whether to designate the land around the Chuit River “unsuitable” for coal mining. The way it stands now, PacRim Coal plans to (for the first time ever) actually dig up eleven miles [...]