Robin Hayes, chairman of North Carolina’s Republican Party, painted a target last month on Alaska’s proposed Pebble Mine. In an open letter, he endorsed the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of an unprecedented regulatory gimmick to veto the mine in advance, even before its plans are complete — ostensibly to protect Bristol Bay salmon runs and fishermen.

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