Thunda N Shakin | Pebble Mine Bristol Bay Alaska
LOPKERJO
Thunda N Shakin | Pebble Mine Bristol Bay Alaska
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LOPKERJO
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For more than a decade, the threat of a huge, open-pit copper and gold mine has loomed over the heart of pristine salmon spawning territory in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Following a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision in 2020 to deny a key permit for the mine, the EPA released a preliminary legal determination in May 2022 that forbids mining waste disposal in the Bay’s watershed.
If finalized and successfully defended in court, the EPA decision should spell the end of the Pebble Mine proposal.
Pebble Mine would directly impact the world’s greatest sockeye salmon run. It would put in jeopardy thousands of American jobs, a cultural tradition of subsistence dating back 10,000 years, and a robust sport-fishing and tourism economy.
Can you hear the thunda rollin?
Can you feel the earth a shakin?
Can you see the storm arisin?
Can you hear Alaska shoutin?
No! No! No!
You will not rape our motherland
Now take that drill out of your hand
No! No! No!
You will not gratify your lust
We will defend her sacred trust
No! No! No!
You will not kill our salmon streams
Dirty copper, dirty gold
Dirty minds and dirty dreams
Can you hear the thunda rollin?
Can you feel the earth a shakin?
Can you see the storm arisin?
Can you hear Alaska shoutin?
No! No! No!
You will not poison our pure water
You will not lead us to your slaughter
No! No! No!
You will not build that deadly pond
That dam will fail, we won’t be conned
No! No! No!
You hide the facts, the truth you disguise
The devil’s in the details and in your eyes
Can you hear the thunda rollin?
Can you feel the earth a shakin?
Can you see the storm arisin?
Can you hear Alaska shoutin?
No! No! No!
The tides have turned, the winds are blowin
Goodbye Pebble Mine
The stone’s been thrown
Can you hear the thunda rollin?
Can you feel the earth a shakin?
Can you see the storm arisin?
Can you hear Alaska shoutin?
No! No! No!
You will not rape our motherland
Now put that drill back in your pants