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The Salt Lake Tribune (SLT) has been covering a major scandal involving Kennecott and Magma, UT.
"Kennecott concealed the seismic risks facing the tailings pond less than a half mile away [from Magma]…
Walker feels a little betrayed and deeply suspicious of the Utah copper giant, which used an undisclosed agent to sell her the home in […]
From the March 23, 2008 story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Stephenson, Mich. - Deb Skubal looks out her living room window and sees a pristine forest, an occasional eagle or bear, and the Menominee River meandering through the woods on its way to Green Bay.
Geologist Tom Quigley looks at the same scene and sees the […]
March 22 was World Water Day.
"The world faces a future of "water wars", unless action is taken to prevent international water shortages and sanitation issues escalating into conflicts, according to Gareth Thomas, the [British] International Development minister. "
Click here to read the rest of this story from The Independent
"Water - the most basic element on […]
China locks out BHP and Rio ore Rio Tinto lacks critical indigenous support for uranium project
Japanese anti-trust authorities to start probing BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, JFTC official says
Executives lap the cream at Rio Tinto
This excellent 20-min animated short film is a unique analysis of the birth and death of everyday products and suggestions on how individuals can change the current unsustainable linear life of these products to a sustainable closed cycle. Well worth the 20 minutes!
Watch it at http://www.storyofstuff.com/
SWUP hopes that our members and supporters will join us at our annual membership meeting in Marquette at the Presque Isle Pavilion on March 27 from 5-8 pm. The pavilion offers a beautiful view of Lake Superior and Middle Island and is known locally as Sunset Beach!
Re-election of current Board […]
Outdoor Life Magazine Names Marquette as #7 in Best 200 Towns List
In the April 2008 issue of Outdoor Life Magazine, Marquette received the honor of ranking #7 in the top 200 towns in the United States for hunters and anglers.
"We've all visited those towns, the ones with the river running through […]
"TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took a step Thursday toward placing the coaster brook trout, which once thrived in the upper Great Lakes, on the endangered species list.
A petition filed by two groups in 2006 made a strong enough case to justify a formal review, the service said in […]
From the March 5, 2008 Mining Journal Article:
"Some Mining Journal readers have no doubt taken note that as of Monday our Internet edition no longer offers a readership comment option at the end of each story. The Journal felt compelled to withdraw the comment option as the result of abuse by a small minority of […]
