October 30, 2007 – 3:37 pm
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AUCTION & Special Presentation: Our Way Of Life: The Wild UP
Save The Wild UP is hosting an Auction and Special Presentation by Fred Rydholm and slide show from Jack Deo. We will have spectacular items and experiences availble for you to bid on!
It will be at the […]
October 30, 2007 – 3:04 pm
Canada creates largest Freshwater Marine Protected Area in the World on Lake Superior
Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, announced the creation of the largest protected freshwater area in the world. The Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area spans more than one million hectares of Lake Superior. The marine park includes the Thunder Cape at the tip […]
October 25, 2007 – 4:31 pm
The famous leading Old Testament scholar and prolific author, Walter Brueggemann, recently visited the Upper Peninsula to discuss the controversial sulfide mine proposal and the Bible's environmental messages. His presentation explored the “connection of the Bible and the environmental crisis.”
For the whole story and a link to a video on the […]
October 25, 2007 – 12:55 pm
Fox Valley Group of Sierra Club Public meeting
Date: November 8, 2007 Time: 7:00pm Place: click here for directions
A Grand Canyon hiking slide presentation by award-winning author and noted hiker Eric Hansen with a sidebar update on Save the Wild UP and sulfide mining.
Moderate temperatures, spectacular low-angle sunlight and lack of crowds make winter the perfect season to visit […]
October 24, 2007 – 4:33 pm
MARQUETTE — Four Upper Peninsula chapters of the Michigan Audubon Society have signed a joint resolution opposing all sulfide-based mining in the Upper Peninsula.
Announcement of the groups’ opposition came as a state Department of Environmental Quality public comment period on the proposed approval of a Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company nickel and copper mine closed Wednesday.
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October 24, 2007 – 10:33 am
Below is the introduction of the 700+ page review of Kennecott's Mining Permit Application (MPA) by the National Wildlife Federation. The report addresses serious legal and technical deficiencies with the MPA. You may download the entire 702 page document as a PDF (It is a large file - 24.8 MB)
Comments in Opposition to […]
October 20, 2007 – 10:30 am
The Rise of Big Water
By Charles C. Mann
Vanity Fair May, 2007
As major cities battle drought and pollution, they are turning to a handful of Western companies to manage the problem. But as "Big Water" takes hold of the ultimate market-China-will those who can't pay have the spigot turned off?
To read more click this link
October 20, 2007 – 10:19 am
MI should share water, N.M. governor says
Remarks set off alarms for Great Lakes states
October 11, 2007
BY TINA LAM FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Environmental groups on Wednesday blasted comments by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that northern states with plenty of water should share it with parched states. "It shows we need the strongest possible protection for […]
October 19, 2007 – 4:48 pm
Emission of dust addressed
By JOHN PEPIN, Journal Munising Bureau
MARQUETTE — Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company officials said Thursday the company anticipates installing air filtration equipment to reduce emissions at its proposed nickel and copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plains by 85 percent.
The company would invest more than a half-million dollars on the equipment to address […]
