🌱 How would this graphite mine change daily life in Nome and Teller?

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• How would this graphite mine change daily life in Nome and Teller?

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📰 News we're reading

• Teller residents voice concern over proposed graphite mine (nomenugget.com) — A proposed large graphite mine near the Kigluaik Mountains would send daily truck traffic, fuel shipments, and hundreds of workers between Graphite Creek and Nome, using the Port of Nome to ship ore south. Teller and Brevig Mission residents are weighing promised jobs, housing in a new Nome subdivision, and community benefits against fears of losing sacred subsistence lands and increased industrial pressure on their region.
   

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