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John Shively, CEOThe Pebble Partnership
United States of America: A Second World Country?
Heritage Foundation 2011
The Pebble PartnershipA Shared Commitment to Sustainable Development
and Social and Community Responsibility.
Northern Dynasty has delineated one of the world's great orebodies, assembling one of the most extensive environmental databases in the history of resource development.
Anglo American US brings a depth of corporate resources and a successful track record of global leadership in modern mining practices.
www.pebblepartnership.com
Slide from J. Lang, 2009
Kennecott (1903-1938)
Copper River
Bristol Bay
Kuskokwim
River
Yukon River
Wulik River
Colville River
Tanana River
Mining & Fishing Co-Exist
Pebble Deposit
PEBBLEEAST
PEBBLEWEST
X
Total In-Situ Resource: 80.6B lbs Copper, 107.4M ounces Gold & 5.6B lbs Molybdenum.
West East
Infrastructure
Region Population
Source: US Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/CO-EST2009-01.html
Copper – Building Block for Green Economy?
• Hybrid car nearly 2X the copper – 42lbs vs. 78lbs• 3MW Wind turbine nearly 5 tons of copper• Solar panels up to 60% copper
Movement or Industry?
“The core talent of a successful environmental activist is not
science and law. It's campaigning instinct.”
“Psychological warfare is a very underappreciated aspect of
environmental campaigning.”
“New injunctions, new species listings and bad press take a terrible
toll on agency morale. They feel like their careers are being
mocked and destroyed -- and they are.”
“The core talent of a successful environmental activist is not
science and law. It's campaigning instinct.”
“Psychological warfare is a very underappreciated aspect of
environmental campaigning.”
“New injunctions, new species listings and bad press take a terrible
toll on agency morale. They feel like their careers are being
mocked and destroyed -- and they are.”
From an interview with High Country News, December 21, 2009
Scare Tactics
Despite vast underground stores of raw materials, U.S. one of the last places miners go to start a project.
• 7 year permitting process• Longest wait globally• Australia, 2 years
• Environmental laws = to U.S.
Federal Permitting
Regulatory Costs
Sept. 2010 Fiscal Year
•43 new federal regulations
•$28 billion• $23 billion EPA
and automobile fuel standards
Opposition Through Litigation
Red Dog Mine
• 2006 - $2.1 billion OCS lease purchase• $1 billion investment to pursue project• 2007 - Lawsuit filed by Alaska Wilderness League, Natural
Resource Defense Council• 2007 - Shell cancels exploration program; -$200 million• 2008 - Shell cancels exploration program; -$108 million• 2010 – Exploration work air permits withdrawn by EPA
NGO’s - Opposition Through Litigation
Opposition Through Administrative Action
• Army Corps of Engineers Denies Permit• $600 million invested• 400 direct new jobs• 100+ support jobs
National Petroleum Reserve
EPA revokes permit for hilltop mining project in West Virginia
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revoked a permit for one of the nation’s largest mountaintop removal mining projects, saying it would destroy water, wildlife and Appalachian communities West Virginia.
CNN Headline News
Green vs. Green
Reuters as reported by MSNBC.com 1/6/2011
Scope MattersBristol Bay Region
39, 184 sq. miles
State of Virginia42,774 sq. miles
Nushagak River• 12,735 mi2 = Maryland
Kvichak River• 8,017 mi2 = New Jersey
Virginia
Pebble
Glacier Bay National Park
Historic Glacial Coverage
Nevada, Idaho, Washington Alaska
Fraser Institute 2010 – 2011 Mining Survey
Four US states rank last Colorado
Washington California Wisconsin
Alaska
US Offshore Alaska
Fraser InstitutePetroleum Survey 2010
•Six US States/regions rank in the bottom 10
• US Offshore – Pacific• Florida• New York• California• US Offshore – Alaska• Pennsylvania
Alaska
US OffshoreGulf of Mexico
US OffshoreAtlantic
US Offshore Pacific US States - general
Alaska & offshore regions
“What I have found during my first 16 months as director of BLM is that an awful lot of my time is dealing with litigation matters.
Litigation that was filed two, three, four years ago that has yet to be settled.
And so my optimism of being able to move forward and do what I believe to be the right thing based upon the input of the public has been somewhat put on hold.
And that’s an unfortunate situation, but it’s a realistic situation.”
President Obama’s Director of the Bureau of Land Management Bob Abbey
Dec. 2 presentation to RDC:
The World is Out of Balance
Developers
High Risk
Low Rewards
Appeals & Litigation
Equal Burden of ProofBalance the Scale
RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPERS NGO’S
• Common Sense Standards
• Promote economic and environmental literacy
• Reduce litigation & appeals risks
• Require reporting of all income sources
• Adjust appeals system
• Eliminate tax-exempt status• Loser pays in court •
• 54% prioritize economy over environment• Widest margin in 3 decades
March 2011
Americans say save the economy, not the planet
Economic Conditions
U.S. National Debt
$14.220,574,192,152.96+
2010
Questions?