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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Send Kennecott Humboldt Mill Comments to the DEQ

February 26, 2009 – 5:56 pm

Kennecott is proposing to operate a metallic sulfide mine in one of Michigan’s last wild areas, the Yellow Dog Plains, and recently submitted an application to re-open a milling facility in Humboldt Township, Michigan for processing of ore from the mine site. If approved, Kennecott’s proposed milling facility operations could result in environmental degradation [...]

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UP Fan Club Welcomes You

February 26, 2009 – 5:28 pm

The UP Fan Club welcomes all residents, friends, relatives and visitors to join as one voice in proclaiming devotion to the health and well-being of this superior peninsula. You will be among friends who share the care and concern for this precious place. It’s easy to become a ‘member’ free of charge or obligation. Either
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Chinalco’s Stake in Rio Tinto

February 26, 2009 – 2:56 pm

Say no to Chinalco

Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor | February 26, 2009

Article from: The Australian
IF Kevin Rudd and his Treasurer, Wayne Swan, do not rule against the Chinalco bid for a big stake in the mining company Rio Tinto, and a number of its key Australian assets, they will have been [...]

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Saving the Coaster Brook Trout

February 25, 2009 – 3:28 pm

Researchers are working to save the endangered Coaster Brook Trout
This video was shot during the reporting for “Vanishing Point,” a story in the March 2009 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine. The image below will link you to the video.

MyNorth.com Video: Saving the Coaster Brook Trout

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Public Film Series: February 25

February 23, 2009 – 6:55 pm

Preparing Marquette for a Future Without Oil
As world oil supplies fall, every aspect of life in our community will change. Learn why, and discover what you can do to prepare for it.
Peter White Public Library Community Room
February 25: Crude Impact
March 25 End of Suburbia
April 29 Money as Debt
May 27 The POwer of Community
June 10 [...]

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Cedar Tree Institute Benefit Concert

February 23, 2009 – 12:59 pm

“Hurricane” David McChesney and Michael Waite will perform at a free candlelight benefit concert on February 23 for the non-profit Cedar Tree Institute at the Messiah Lutheran Church (305 West Magnetic St). The concert starts at 7pm.
Visit the Cedar Tree Institute Website for More Information

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Read The Latest Edition of The Splash

February 20, 2009 – 5:58 pm

Click here to download The Splash
The latest edition of “The Splash: Reporting the Real Risks of Sulfide and Uranium Mining” is scheduled for distribution beginning Wednesday, February 25 and can be found on local newsstands around the local area (and on this website.)
Well researched articles help us to understand what the big mining companies don’t [...]

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DEQ Holds Hearing on Rio Tinto’s Humboldt Mill Project; Comments Focus on Jobs and Water Quality

February 20, 2009 – 5:04 pm

by Gabriel Caplett

Humboldt, Michigan – While a blizzard raged in the eastern part of the county, about 100 citizens attended a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) hearing on a mining application for Kennecott-Rio Tinto’s proposed Humboldt Mill project. Comments were starkly divided between those citing perceived job creation as motivation for their support [...]

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Eagle Project on Hold

February 12, 2009 – 6:41 pm

Rio Tinto released today a 38-page press release which discusses the company’s 2008 fiscal performance. Buried in one paragraph on page 10 of the release, the company states that the “development of the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company nickel and copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plains has been “deferred until market conditions recover.”

See [...]

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1872 Mining Law

February 6, 2009 – 5:41 pm

Click here to watch a National Geographic video on the 1872 Mining Law.

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