I have two issues to comment upon: First, I greatly appreciate and wholeheartedly support Marc Grober's recent suggestion that the ADN stop wrapping its newspapers in plastic, given what we know about the great harm that plastics are doing to the Earth, especially our planet's oceans and marine life. If the company needs to protect the paper, it should find an alternative. And there are many times when no protective wrapping is needed at all. It's ridiculous that my newspaper comes wrapped in orange plastic on dry, hot days. Please stop that!
Second, I applaud Gov. Bill Walker's recently announced position on the Pebble mine project and his request that the Army Corps of Engineers suspend its environmental review process. There's an abundance of scientific evidence that the proposed Pebble project would threaten Bristol Bay's fisheries and McNeil River's world-class gathering of brown bears; it's also clear that a substantial majority of Alaskans oppose the project because of the likely harm it would do. I urge our state's leaders to continue doing everything they can to put an end to this proposed mining development.
— Bill Sherwonit
Anchorage
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