It Doesn't Bear Thinking About

More short-termism! The original ruling that the creation of the Pebble mine (to extract copper and gold) near Bristol Bay in SW Alaska, was too environmentally-damaging, has reportedly been overturned (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/20/alaska-brown-bears-environment-mining). You will now get a situation where a uniquely important location for salmon (fished by people and Brown bears ) is trashed. Although the mine may make the owners some money over a finite period, permanent losses to the local communities include the local salmon fishing industry and tourism attracted into an area where humans and Brown bears appear to inter-mingle.