MARQUETTE — After today’s three scheduled environmental witnesses, testimony in a downstate contested case hearing is expected to shift to witnesses for the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
The hearing, which is entering its third week of testimony in Lansing, is considering a challenge to a DEQ decision to grant [...]
The Michigan state police have been notified of an attack on a Big Bay man at his home over the weekend. Robert Pryor of Big Bay was assaulted by three unknown males in the late hours of the evening at his cabin, which is located in a remote area of Champion Township near Big Bay. [...]
For Immediate Release, May 5, 2008:
Contact:
Marvin Roberson (906) 360-0288
The Sierra Club today chastised the US Fish and Wildlife Service for changing their
mind on holding hearings on the proposed listing of the Coaster brook trout as an
endangered species. The Sierra Club is one of two organizations petitioning the federal
agency to list the Coaster brook trout under [...]
The contested case hearing challenging permits for a Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company mine in northern Marquette County was scheduled to continue today with testimony from a structural geologist.
The National Wildlife Federation, Huron Mountain Club, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve and Keweenaw Bay Indian Community are challenging the issuance of mining and groundwater permits by the [...]
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Congress considers restoring safeguards on nation’s streams and wetlands
by Eric Kroh
Apr 24, 2008
WASHINGTON – Strong bipartisan support could restore federal environmental protection for small streams and wetlands that supply some [...]
Posted by John Flesher | The Associated Press
Opponents of a planned nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula are trying to overturn a decision by the state Department of Environmental Quality to allow the project.
A hearing began Monday in Lansing on a challenge to the DEQ's approval of permit applications submitted by Kennecott Minerals [...]
April 29, 2008 – 12:02 pm
Seven First Nation leaders sit in jail for peacefully protesting mining activities on their traditional lands in the boreal forests of Ontario, Canada. For peacefully asserting their rights and preventing mining company officials from accessing their lands, these Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) leaders, – known as the KI Six — were sentenced to six months [...]
April 29, 2008 – 11:48 am
Due to heavy traffic from Kennecott's vehicles some local landowners have been unable to access their camps. Additionally, the heavy traffic has led to sedimentation in the nearby streams. Road restrictions have been applied to all Marquette County Roads.
Written by Gabriel Caplett
London, UK - Four citizens from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula attended Rio Tinto’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center (QEII), in London, England. Speakers included Susan LaFernier, vice-president of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC), Gabriel Caplett from Yellow Dog Summer and Northwoods Wilderness Recovery, and Cynthia Pryor, [...]
Tug boat leaking oil into Superior
Crews are on the scene.
Posted: Monday, April 21, 2008 at 10:20 a.m.MARQUETTE — The Lower Harbor in Marquette is the site of an oil spill. The leak is coming from a tug boat that is moored in the harbor.
Around 9:30 a.m. Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard was notified of [...]
