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Alaska Vote Pits Fisheries Against Mines
Category: Environmentalism · State: Alaska · Source: Washington Post
Salmon and gold mining. Both are, inarguably, very Alaskan. But on Tuesday, Alaskans will vote on a ballot measure that is being framed as a choice between the two industries and portrayed by both sides as striking at the heart of what it means to be Alaskan. The initiative was drafted to block the proposed Pebble Mine, a massive operation that would extract gold, copper and molybdenum from the tundra surrounding Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska, one of the world's most lucrative wild salmon fisheries. The measure would prohibit any new large metal mines from polluting salmon streams or drinking-water sources. Proponents acknowledge that they drafted the measure to block the Pebble Mine, which they say will poison two major streams where salmon come to spawn.
Minnesota Outdoors, Arts Groups Start Campaign
Category: Taxes · State: Minnesota · Source: Grand Forks Herald
Minnesotans worried about the future of the state’s natural resources and its cultural institutions will pay more to protect them, predicted advocates of a constitutional amendment directing new tax revenue to those areas. Appearing at a picturesque lakeside park southwest of Minneapolis, the Vote Yes Minnesota coalition Tuesday kicked off its five-month campaign to build support for an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution raising the state sales tax to pay for outdoors initiatives and arts programs.
Group Opposes North Dakota Hunting Proposal
Category: Property Rights · State: North Dakota · Source: Houston Chronicle
Game preserve owners are campaigning against a proposed North Dakota ballot measure that would eliminate so-called high-fence hunting, saying a ban would violate their property rights. "The bottom line is that preserve hunting is not for everyone," said Wayne Laaveg, who owns an elk farm near Edinburg. "But citizens should have the right to choose where they want to hunt." Supporters of the initiative say it's unethical to shoot a fenced-in animal.
AP Exclusive: SF mayor proposes carbon tax to curb global warming
Category: Taxes · State: California · Source: Associated Press
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is planing to ask voters next year to approve a "carbon tax" on businesses.
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