Supreme Court Denies Challenge to EPA’s Pebble Mine Veto

The US Supreme Court will not weigh in on Alaska’s challenge to the EPA’s 2023 decision to block the proposed Pebble copper mine above Bristol Bay.

The justices denied the state’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint Monday.

Alaska in July brought its Supreme Court original jurisdiction challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s veto of the Pebble Mine, claiming that the EPA intruded upon the state’s sovereignty.

The veto was an illegal “taking” of state property, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor and attorneys at Consovoy McCarthy PLLC in Washington, claimed in the filing.

The state claims that ...