Monthly Archives: December 2009

Gov. Granholm Announces Interim Director for Department of Environmental Quality

December 22, 2009 – 12:49 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 22, 2009
Contact: Liz Boyd
517-335-6397
LANSING – Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that Jim Sygo will serve as interim director of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) beginning January 5, 2010, following Director Steven Chester’s announcement today that he will leave his post on January 4. Sygo currently serves as deputy [...]

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DNR Seeks Public Input on Habitat Management for Wildlife

December 22, 2009 – 12:46 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec. 22, 2009
CONTACT: Kerry Fitzpatrick 517-373-1263 or Mary Dettloff 517-335-3014
The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public meeting in January to help wildlife officials identify species in need of special attention as the DNR develops habitat management plans across the state.
The meeting is scheduled for Jan. 14 from 6:30 to [...]

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Minnesota PolyMet Project:Public Opinion

December 22, 2009 – 12:17 pm

Published December 20, 2009
Dissenting view: Creating our own Appalachia means giving up too much
By: Marc Fink, For the News Tribune
Over the years we’ve seen, in the Appalachia region of West Virginia and eastern Kentucky, what happens when a single industry becomes a sacred cow, supported by politicians across the spectrum for their own self interest [...]

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Mining company surrenders claim to native land in $5-million settlement, opening Ontario’s far north

December 15, 2009 – 1:26 pm

TORONTO — From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009
The Ontario government is signaling that the province’s far north is open to business with the settlement of a lawsuit pitting a tiny exploration company against a native band.
The government announced yesterday that it will pay Platinex Inc. $5-million to surrender its [...]

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Western Shoshone Prevail at Ninth Circuit Court on Mining Sacred Land

December 15, 2009 – 1:09 pm

Posted by Ahni on December 6, 2009
In a major ruling last week, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked construction of the largest open pit gold mine in the United States, Barrick Gold’s Cortez Hills gold mine.
Reversing a January 2009 ruling by the U.S. District Court, the Ninth Circuit concluded that enjoining the [...]

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Ballot Initiative Needed

December 7, 2009 – 11:18 am

Chuck Glossenger, Big Bay
POSTED: December 5, 2009
To the Mining Journal editor:
In a recent statement, local politicians Sen. Mike Prusi, D-Ishpeming, Sen. Jason Allen, R-Traverse City, Rep. Mike Lahti D-Hancock, Rep. Steve Lindberg, D-Marquette, and Rep. Judy Nerat, D-Wallace, accused sponsors of a proposed 2010 ballot measure on mining of talking about uranium mining in [...]

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Doctors resign en masse over uranium exploration

December 7, 2009 – 11:17 am

The Montreal Gazette
December 4, 2009 1:58 PM
MONTREAL - Twenty doctors have handed in their resignations at the Centre hospitalier régional de Sept-Îles.
In an open letter addressed to Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc, the physicians say they have quit, as a group, to protest plans to build an uranium mine on the North Shore.
The protest comes [...]

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Humboldt Mill Written Comment

December 2, 2009 – 1:43 pm

Written Comments:
Can be mailed to the DEQ at deq-kennecott-humboldt-mill-comments@michigan.gov until December 29th at 5:00pm. If you wish to mail your response, it can be sent to the DEQ at Office of Geological Survey, PO Box 30256, Lansing Michigan 48909-7756. Please Refer to the “DEQ Information” Link below for complete copies of the permit application.
Kennecott Humboldt [...]

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