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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRich Alaskan donor gave $250K to Trump after EPA reversed decision on Pebble Mine
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rich-alaskan-donor-gave-250k-trump-epa-reversed/A wealthy activist who has funded efforts to block a proposed mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay donated $250,000 to President Donald Trump's re-election effort six weeks after the administration abruptly decided to prevent the mine from moving forward.
The move to block the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay from moving forward seems to diverge from a trend in policy under the leadership of Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt -- seen as one of President Donald Trump's most productive cabinet members in moving to undo environmental regulations put in place under the Obama administration. During the Trump presidency, the EPA in 2017 had previously allowed the mine to move forward.
The EPA said the change in course was because the environmental risk was too great and announced on January 26 that the mine would not immediately move forward.
Robert Gillam made his second and largest donation to Trump Victory Fund just weeks later, donating $250,000 on March 9, according to FEC filings.
Gillam has previously spent as much as $2.5 million to block the Pebble Mine from moving forward in Alaska's fertile fishing ground called the Bristol Bay. He has been advocating against the mine since 2005, according to an Alaska state report. He declined to comment for this story.
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This needs to be investigated, pay to play right out there in the open.
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Rich Alaskan donor gave $250K to Trump after EPA reversed decision on Pebble Mine (Original Post)
sunonmars
Jun 2018
OP
Mixed feelings, corrupt way of getting Pebble locked down. Pebble Mine is not ...
marble falls
Jun 2018
#4
The process is totaly bucked up, but lets face it 99% of these fall the other way ...
marble falls
Jun 2018
#6
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. So what weekend was this dude at Mar a Quid Pro Quo?
YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)3. Don't you mean Mar a Lie Go?
YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)2. Blatant corruption, no surprise
The Pruitt EPA actually protecting the environment makes it doubly obvious its a quid pro quo bribe in the form of a donation.
marble falls
(57,112 posts)4. Mixed feelings, corrupt way of getting Pebble locked down. Pebble Mine is not ...
popular in Alaska. It has the potential to be an environmental disaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_Mine
YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)5. Probably a good outcome but a slimy process
marble falls
(57,112 posts)6. The process is totaly bucked up, but lets face it 99% of these fall the other way ...
when someone with access and a lot of money gets interested. The Greens got some weird friends. But the outcome is what I wanted. Like my daddy used to say, "what's wrong youngblood, you got what you wanted, just not the way you wanted it!"