Alaska’s Chuit River at risk to proposed coal project

The proposed coal strip mine project by PacRim LP would mine through 11 miles of active salmon streams in Alaska’s Chuitna River. It is hard to believe but there is NO law that bans mining through a salmon stream. To date, no permit allowing mining operations to mine through and destroy a salmon stream has even been issued by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Such a permit would set a precedent. Planet Check uncovers the threat to the one of the last bastions of wild, sustainable salmon. Mo sits down with Cook Inlet Keeper’s Communication Director, Michael Sharp in Homer, Alaska. (Interview Part 1)