Snowbird Seems Inconsistent
Owner of ski resort with proud environmental record plans giant coal strip mine in Alaska.
By Jesse Fruhwirth
The threat of dusty ski hills in December has prompted the ski industry nationwide to support federal climate change legislation multiple times in the last decade. Along with many other resorts, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort signed a 2005 letter in support of federal climate change legislation to curb greenhouse gasses. That move, and other concerns for the environment, makes Snowbird owner Dick Bass’ plans to rip open Alaska wild lands to extract 300 metric tons of coal all the more baffling.
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The Cook Inlet watershed is a spectacular ecosystem covering 47,000 square miles of Southcentral Alaska.Melting snow and ice from Mount McKinley.
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