ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「This swath of land in Alaska, home to foraging bears and spawning salmon about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, has been a battleground for years. The fight is over what lies just below the surface: one of the world’s richest deposits of copper, gold and other valuable metals. It sets two of the state’s most important industries, mining and fishing, against each other. A mining company plans to dig a pit, more than a mile square and a third of a mile deep, over two decades to obtain the metals, estimated to be worth at least $300 billion. Supporters say the project, known as the Pebble Mine, would be an economic boost for a remote region. It would employ nearly 1,000 people, and the Canada-based company planning the project, Northern Dynasty Minerals, would pay for infrastructure improvements in some Native Alaskan villages and would provide cash dividends totaling at least $3 million to people in the area. But opposition has long been widespread, with concerns about environmental damage and the potential for harming another critical resource: salmon. The fish is the main traditional subsistence food for many Native Alaskans in the region and is the basis of both a thriving sport-fishing industry and, in nearby Bristol Bay, one of the largest commercial wild salmon fisheries in the world. Under President Barack Obama, the project was blocked in 2014 by the Environmental Protection Agency, largely over concerns about the risks to salmon. But the project gained new momentum under President Trump’s industry-friendly policies. While it at first continued its criticism of the project, the Environmental Protection Agency eventually reversed the Obama-era decision blocking it. Tap the link in our bio to read more. Photos by @acacia.johnson.」7月25日 11時53分