January 27, 2007 – 7:36 pm
Trout Unlimited tells us that there was once an abundant population of coaster brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) across Lake Superior that drew anglers from across the country. Over-fishing, introduction of new species and the destruction of the trout’s habitat reduced the coasters’ numbers to today’s small populations.
According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the [...]
January 27, 2007 – 7:16 pm
The root of major dissent to the metallic sulfide mine on the Yellow Dog Plains can be traced to one source - Acid Mine Drainage. This unavoidable and destructive by-product of the sulfide mining process has been deemed one of the most serious threats to water quality by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Mining into sulfide [...]
January 14, 2007 – 11:20 am
The Mining Journal
By JOHN PEPIN, Journal Staff Writer
Sunday, January 14, 2007
MARQUETTE - Supporters and opponents of a proposed Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company nickel and copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plains in northern Marquette County are looking forward to a series of upcoming public hearings on whether to grant final approval on permits for the [...]
January 13, 2007 – 11:14 am
Jan. 9, 2007
DEQ’s decision dismisses alarming dangers from risky U.P. sulfide mine
Gov. Jennifer Granholm brushed aside glaring shortcomings in a Kennecott Minerals Co. plan to drill in an Upper Peninsula sulfide rock formation when her regulators gave preliminary approval to the plan today.
The nickel mine, which would generate hundreds of thousands of tons of acid-leaching [...]
January 12, 2007 – 11:12 am
Grow Detroit
by Dave Nelson
Posted January 11, 2007 @ 9:57 pm
Right now, it seems that the only people in favor of opening the Eagle Nickel Mine north of Marquette are Kennecott ‘ the company that owns the mine ‘ and the state regulators who gave the project a tentative greenlight on Tuesday:
‘This type of mining is [...]
January 12, 2007 – 11:10 am
Great Lakes Guy
By Andy Guy
Friday, January 12, 2007
For every company that symbolizes Michigan’s creeping transition to the knowledge economy - Google, United Solar Ovonic, Compuware - there seems to be a similiar number of profiteers trying to perpetuate business as usual and pull the state back towards the outmoded development patterns of the 20th century.
Just [...]
January 12, 2007 – 11:08 am
BusinessWeek.com
The Associated Press
By JOHN FLESHER
January 9, 2007, 2:54PM EST
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality tentatively approved a proposal Tuesday to drill a nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula.
The department’s ruling is a crucial step for Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co.’s plan to operate the mine in the Yellow Dog Plains region of [...]
January 12, 2007 – 11:05 am
The Detroit News/Detnews.com
Detroit News Lansing Bureau
By Gary Heinlein
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Environmentalists question whether regulators are sacrificing wilderness for a few jobs.
It’s the classic confrontation between jobs and the environment in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
State environmental regulators gave tentative approval Tuesday to a nickel mine northwest of Marquette, leading to charges the state plans to sacrifice pristine [...]
January 10, 2007 – 10:59 am
Let’s look at the pros and cons of the proposal to drill a nickel and copper mine under the Salmon Trout River in northern Marquette County, where many of the residents are either moose or bear.
Kennecott Minerals Company says their mine would create about 120 good-paying jobs, in a region where people are scare and [...]
January 10, 2007 – 10:31 am
01/10/07 WASHINGTON - The following statement regarding the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s ruling on the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company’s proposal for sulfide mining in Marquette County, may be attributed to Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Menominee):
“While I support mining, which has benefited the Upper Peninsula economy, the sulfide mining process raises questions that must be addressed. [...]
