The Center for Native American Studies is proud to present the second annual NMU Indigenous Earth Issues Summit being held on Monday, April 6, 2009, at the Great Lakes Rooms in the Don H. Bottum University Center at Northern Michigan University. This event is FREE and open to the public!
Registration deadline is Wed., April [...]
March 31, 2009 – 12:41 pm
A coalition of Northern Michigan University student and area community organizations invite you to join regional water luminaries, local legends, world-class Michigan musicians and students from Northern and all over the state for a weekend of music, food, community, panels, workshops, a marshland parade, dances, and celebration to protect our water locally and address global [...]
Utah ranks 6th overall in air, land and water releases
By Judy Fahys
The Salt Lake Tribune
Kennecott Utah Copper is the nation’s second biggest toxic producer, according to the latest national tally by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
And the mining company’s waste kept Utah in 6th place nationally for toxic chemical releases, even though releases to the [...]
March 26, 2009 – 12:14 pm
TRAVERSE CITY – A documentary by Northern Michigan filmmakers exploring the controversial topic of metallic sulfide mining in Michigan has won a 2009 Telly Award.
The bronze award in the documentary category was awarded to “Mining Madness, Water Wars: The Great Lakes in the Balance” – a film co-produced by Brauer Productions, Inc. and Summit Public [...]
By Gabriel Caplett
March 20, 2009
Marquette, Michigan – Current pollution from past chemical, mining and military operations were addressed alongside the potential for continued public health threats posed by coal power generation and mining activities, Thursday, at the Women’s Federated Clubhouse, in Marquette. The event, organized by the Great Lakes Health and Environment Action League [...]
By Gabriel Caplett
March 18, 2009
Marquette, Michigan – Despite the global economic downturn, debt-burden and deferment of its keystone Eagle nickel project, Kennecott Minerals is pushing forward with new prospecting activities on public forest land in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Joining the fray is a Canadian junior exploration company, Trans Superior Resources, which [...]
Celebrate the U.P.!
Join the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition in a FREE celebration of what’s great about the U.P. on
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
at the three corners where Ridge and Front Sts. intersect in downtown Marquette, MI.
Here’s what we have on tap:
At The Peter White Public Library – Community Room:
10:15-11:15 “An Author’s Journey to Advocacy: A Memorable [...]
March 13, 2009 – 12:14 pm
Join us for The Annual Environmental Awards Banquet of the Chappee Rapids Chapter of the Audubon Society and an evening with award-winning author, and noted hiker Eric Hansen. He will present a slide tour of the Upper Peninsula’s best hikes and offer his thoughts on the land, its compelling themes and its almost mythic place [...]
Art Show by Michigan Artist and Author Kathleen Mooney, ISEA
Show Dates – 4/5/09 – 4/28/09
Hope Borbas Okemos Library
4321 Okemos Road, Okemos, MI
Reception 4/5/09 from 1:00 – 4:00pm with Artist Presentation and Book Signing 1:30 / 2:30 / 3:30
Now available, artist Kathleen Mooney’s Yellow Dog, a 66 page full color hard cover book. The book includes, [...]
By SCOTT STREATER, Greenwire
One of the nation’s longest-running environmental eyesores is poised to become a critical jobs engine for the rural West under the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Together, the Interior and Agriculture departments expect to set off a hiring boom among idled industry and agricultural workers whose charge will be to clean [...]
