Who knew?  There is actually a “No Dirty Gold” campaign and web site:  http://www.nodirtygold.org A cleaner environment and a higher price for gold, sounds great!

April 2009. Six prestigious UK jewelry retailers and designers representing 260 stores today pledged their support for Bristol Bay, Alaska. They announced they won’t buy gold from Anglo American’s proposed “Pebble” mine — a massive open-pit operation being considered in the bay’s headwaters.

The Bristol Bay watershed supports the world’s most productive wild sockeye salmon fishery, which is critical to the state’s economy and to the livelihoods of many Alaska Native communities. The UK is the largest consumer of Bristol Bay canned sockeye salmon.

• Read the press release
• Find out more about the jewelers decision, and about efforts to fight the Pebble mine, at www.ak2uk.com