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Northern Dynasty: Pebble Partnership Campaign Stokes Republican, Conservative, Business and Alaska Support for Timely, Objective and Science-Based Permitting for Alaska's Pebble Project
VANCOUVER , BC / ACCESSWIRE / August 24, 2020 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Northern Dynasty: Pebble Partnership Campaign Stokes Republican, Conservative, Business and Alaska Support for Timely, Objective and Science-Based Permitting for Alaska’s Pebble ProjectVANCOUVER , BC / ACCESSWIRE / August 24, 2020 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYSE American:NAK) (\"Northern Dynasty\" or the \"Company\") said its 100%-owned US-based subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership (\"Pebble Partnership\") has launched an advertising and outreach campaign targeting the Trump Administration, the Republican Party, its delegates and influencers to coincide with the Republican National Convention kicking off Tuesday.The campaign message: ‘The current federal administration has made tremendous progress restoring objectivity, certainty, timeliness and science-based decision-making to statutory permitting. Now is NOT the time to return to Obama era politicization of regulatory reviews for major project developments.'\"We've seen a small number of unelected but high-profile conservatives suggest President Trump should put his thumb on the scale when it comes to the final step of permitting at Pebble- the ‘Record of Decision' we're expecting within weeks,\" said Tom Collier, Pebble Partnership CEO. \"Our campaign is simply a reminder to the White House, to the conservative establishment and US business leaders that the politicization of statutory permitting processes is anathema to rebuilding America's economy, to restoring American jobs and attracting investment in job-creating projects and industries.\"Rejecting Pebble now, after 2½ years of intensive study by 11 federal, state and local regulatory agencies under the oversight of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and completion of an undeniably favorable Environmental Impact Statement (\"EIS\"), would mark a return to the Obama era - when national environmental groups called the shots and American workers suffered the consequences of their political power.\"The Pebble Partnership has launched a targeted television advertising campaign beginning Tuesday on media outlets with significant viewership among Republicans, party delegates and their influencers in business and the conservative movement. The first campaign spot can be viewed at https://youtu.be/93e72dMPl4Y.In addition to TV advertising, the Pebble Partnership has launched a broa...