Bingay Main Coal Project
Strip coal mines do not belong
- Reference Number
- 14
- Text
I am writing in strong opposition to this proposed project for the following reasons:
- It threatens the ecological integrity of abundant and pristine trout streams
- It threatens the water quality of downstream communities
- It is in opposition to the connective vision of Yukon to Yellowstone which could impact migratory populations of sheep, elk, and bears -- which in turn impacts the resiliency of local hunting and tourism opportunities.
- It negatively impacts the aesthetic value of the eastern slopes
- Trading intact habitats for coal mining is in conflict with the national climate agenda
Coal mining (especially open-pit mines) do not make sense here at this place in time. Our future is NOT coal and to trade off what is a functioning ecosystem for something so backwards just does not make any sense ecologically or economically.
Please deny this project.
- Submitted by
- Caroline Hedin
- Phase
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- Public Notice
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- Date Submitted
- 2021-01-03 - 6:01 PM