March 3, 2007 editorial from the Detroit Free Press:
Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality stumbled in an uncharacteristic but worrisome way when it sidetracked, then retrieved, a two-part report it commissioned on a proposed underground mine near Marquette.
The first part of the report, by a mining engineer the DEQ hired as a consultant, [...]
A SULFIDE MINE ON THE YELLOWDOG PLAINS?
An open letter from C. Fred Rydholm, Marquette, Michigan
"Will glaring lights from the operation hide the stars we are used to watching?"
It seems that no matter how much is said, nor who said it, no matter how the facts are stated or documented at these public hearings, nothing can [...]
Environmental Groups Suspect Cover-Up
WLUC TV6
A day after the Department of Environmental Quality's surprise announcement that it was withdrawing it preliminary approval for a mine in the Yellow Dog Plains, environmental groups are now suggesting the DEQ might be involved in a cover-up …
"We still have concerns with the integrity of the process and what's [...]
We've been concerned from the beginning that this was a terrible place to put a mine.
Now DEQ's own studies, the ones that were suppressed, confirm it and confirm that the regulatory process itself has not been holding Kennecott accountable to the letter of the law.
Just imagine being a miner when the roof fails and tons [...]
March 1, 2007
DEQ Reverses Kennecott Preliminary Decision!!!
Congratulations to everyone who has put their time and effort into this issue.
It is a wonderful step in a positive direction.
Let's keep the momentum!
The MDEQ just released a statement explaining that new information on the structural integrity of the proposed Kennecott mine site on the Yellow Dog [...]
Michelle Halley of the National Wildlife Federation issued a statement yesterday that you should read in its entirety. Here's a taste:
Today, Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality issued a statement vacating its draft decision to permit a sulfide mine in the Upper Peninsula because of a 'smoking gun' memo critical of the mine that the agency's [...]
