On May 30, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Nunamta Aulukestai v. State of Alaska and found in favor of the plaintiffs: a coalition of village corporations, tribal governments and individuals in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. The original case, filed in 2009, claimed a lack of public debate over the issuing of permits for the 360 square-mile “Pebble...
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