Supreme Court Shuts Down Alaskan Pebble Mine Ambitions
Supreme Court Shuts Down Alaskan Pebble Mine Ambitions
The U.S. Supreme Court has shut down Alaska's ambition for the Pebble mine due to pollution concerns.
出於污染考慮，美國最高法院已經取消了阿拉斯加對卵石礦的雄心。
What Happened: The largest North American copper, gold, and molybdenum extraction site has faced nearly two decades of opposition.
發生了什麼：北美最大的銅、金和鉬開採場面臨近二十年的反對。
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM, NYSE:NAK) argued that the proposed mine could provide employment opportunities for thousands of Alaskans. The Vancouver, Canada-based company insisted that the mine would yield substantial resources over a 20-year lifespan, including:
北朝礦業（多倫多證券交易所股票代碼：NDM，紐約證券交易所代碼：NAK）認爲，擬建的礦山可以爲成千上萬的阿拉斯加人提供就業機會。這家總部位於加拿大溫哥華的公司堅持認爲，該礦將在20年的使用壽命內產生大量資源，包括：
- 6.4 billion pounds of copper
- 7.4 million ounces of gold
- 300 million pounds of molybdenum
- 37 million ounces of silver and
- 200,000 kilograms of rhenium.
- 64 億磅的銅
- 740 萬盎司黃金
- 3 億磅的鉬
- 370萬盎司白銀和
- 200,000 千克的氦氣。
Northern Dynasty also intended to store mine waste in the Bristol Bay watershed — home to the world's largest sockeye salmon fisheries.
北朝還打算在布里斯托爾灣分水嶺儲存礦山廢物，該流域是世界上最大的紅鮭魚漁業的所在地。
Last January, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected the company's proposal in solidarity with Alaskan tribes who remain concerned about the project's impact on the pristine watershed.
去年1月，環境保護署（EPA）拒絕了該公司的提議，以聲援阿拉斯加部落，他們仍然擔心該項目對原始流域的影響。
Why It Matters: The decision is seen as a win for environmental groups.
爲何重要：該決定被視爲環保組織的勝利。
Alaskan lawmakers supporting the project filed a motion in July urging the Supreme Court to overturn the EPA's veto, arguing that it had the authority to hear the case before lower courts.
支持該項目的阿拉斯加議員在7月提出動議，敦促最高法院推翻美國環保局的否決權，理由是它有權在下級法院審理此案。
"Alaska tried to persuade the court that this is the rare kind of dispute that the justices should hear as a trial court, without having it go through lower courts first," CNN's Supreme Court analyst and University of Texas professor Stephen Vladeck said.
美國有線電視新聞網最高法院分析師兼德克薩斯大學教授斯蒂芬·弗拉德克說：“阿拉斯加試圖說服法院，這是法官不必先通過下級法院審理的罕見爭議。”
"Although there's no explanation accompanying today's denial, it stands to reason that a majority of the justices disagreed and were willing to let the case go through ordinary litigation in the lower courts first," he added.
他補充說：“儘管今天的否認沒有任何解釋，但大多數法官不同意，他們願意先讓該案在下級法院進行普通訴訟，這是有道理的。”
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What's Next: Northern Dynasty's stock plummeted 34% following the news. The company also expressed disappointment in the Supreme Court's decision, and believes that the EPA exceeded its regulatory authority.
下一步是什麼：消息傳出後，北朝的股票暴跌了34％。該公司還對最高法院的裁決表示失望，並認爲EPA超出了其監管權限。
It is considering legal options to challenge the decision.
它正在考慮通過法律手段對該決定提出質疑。
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy pledged to continue fighting for the Pebble project, emphasizing its potential importance for copper and critical minerals in an era of fast-tracking renewable energy development.
阿拉斯加州州長邁克·鄧利維承諾繼續爲Pebble項目而戰，強調該項目在快速發展可再生能源的時代對銅和關鍵礦產的潛在重要性。
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