Protect the Earth Summit August 2 and 3
Help Stop Metallic Sulfide and Uranium Mining
Keepers of the Water, Yellowdog Summer, and Students Against Sulfide Mining are organizing a Protect the Earth Summit for August 2 and 3 to bring communities together throughout the Great Lakes Region and the Midwest that are concerned about metallic sulfide and [...]
Inland drilling
A debate over mining in Upper Michigan
by Jon Magnuson
On the southern shore of Lake Superior, rugged edges of deep green forest merge with cliffs of sandstone and million-year-old granite to mark the northern boundary of Powell Township. For most Michigan citizens, this remains a remote, forgotten corner of the Upper Peninsula, an economically depressed [...]
Eric Hansen is the author of "Hiking Michigan's Upper Peninsula" and "Hiking Wisconsin". His recent op-ed entitled, "Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining" was recently published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. We encourage you to write to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and thank them for covering the issue… perhaps with a little encouragement [...]
Promises Broken
Thursday July 24, 2008
In April, local community members attended Rio Tinto's Annual General Meeting where Chief Executive Bret Clayton (Rio Tinto Copper, London) agreed to hold a public meeting with the mine opposition back in the states.
However, on Wednesday July 24th Bret Clayton snubbed the community as he visited Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Clayton [...]
Attend a meeting in Duluth or Cleveland or send written comments before July 22
The U.S. Coast Guard released a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the rulemaking: "Dry Residue Discharges in the Great Lakes". In this rulemaking the Coast Guard proposes to deviate from federal and international laws and permit the dumping of cargo- such [...]
July 10, 2008
Mr. Tom Harrell
Alger Delta Cooperative Electric Association
426 N. 9th St.
Gladstone, MI 49837
RE: Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company Electric Service
Dear Mr. Harrell,
As we discussed at our meeting with the Marquette County Road Commission and other interested parties, it is important for Alger Delta to recognize the legal issues regarding the upgrade of existing [...]
Nearly 50 people spoke during a roughly three-hour public comment session during Thursday's NRC meeting.
Numerous topics were addressed by the speakers ranging from tribal fishing in Munising Bay, pheasant hunting daily start times, sulfide mining on the Yellow Dog Plains and user fees for cross-country ski trails to bear licenses, opposition and advocacy of the [...]
Nature Mapping - A Michigan Initiative for Wildlife Inventory Conservation Management
What: Nature Mapping Scoping Meeting
When: July 16, 2008 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: Northern Michigan University
Lake Ontario Room
University Center
1401 Presque Isle Avenue
Marquette, MI 49855
You are invited to a session hosted by the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Inc in the scoping and building of a Michigan [...]
July 20th is Lake Superior Day! This years theme is "Let's Go Fly a Kite" to symbolize clean energy sources like wind power. Last year communities participated in Lake Superior Day with dragon boat races, beach clean ups, musical concerts, library displays, church services, and signed proclamations. Visit www.superiorforum.info or call (715)682.1489 for more information.
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