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Friend Raiser: Claudia Schmidt in concert!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thunder Bay Inn, Big Bay, MI
Join us for an evening of beautiful music, food, spirits and silent auction at the historic Thunder Bay Inn in Big Bay, MI.
The evening will feature the best of ‘local’ – musicians, artwork, food, wine and friendship. Hope to see you there!
About [...]
She is known as the “Mother of Superfund,” Lois Gibbs –
In 1978, Gibbs and her neighbors in Niagara Falls, New York were told that the land beneath them contained more than 21,000 tons of chemical waste buried by the Hooker Chemical Corporation. Gibbs soon discovered that many area children suffered unexplained illnesses, and her [...]
K_TBrief_on_Appeal_-_FINAL
Follow our link to the brief filed in July in Washtenow County Circuit Court. This brief is clear and for the most part, quite understandable, with overwhelming evidence that we are not protected at all by Michigan’s sulfide mining laws, because the MDEQ has chosen to permit Kennecott to ignore and violate the principle provisions [...]
NORTHWOODS NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OUTING
Proposed Kennecott haul road and North Country Trail
Michigamme Highlands, Marquette County, Michigan
Saturday, August 28, 10 AM Eastern (9 AM Central).
Leaders:
Emily Whittaker, Executive Director, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
Steve Garske, Invasive Plant Specialist, GLIFWC
This trip will begin near the southern end of the proposed mining haul road through the scenic Michigamme Highlands. [...]
Thanks to Michele Bourdieu for her coverage of the 2010 Protect the Earth Community Gathering held in Baraga, MI. July 30 – August 1.
To read, go to: http://keweenawnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/protect-earth-2010-part-1-winona-laduke.html
RE: Yellow Dog Plains Encampment
For more information, read http://stoptoxinsandotherpollutants.wordpress.com/
Wish List:
Firewood (most important item)
5 gal or larger water containers
Tools to split wood- awl, wedges, axe, sledge hammer, big bow saw
Rope 1/2 ” or 1/4″
Wood stove, walkie talkies, canvas walled tent for cold weather living quarters
Meat, ice, milk, eggs, butter, good peanut butter
August 5, 2010
Charlotte Loonsfoot, 906-236-9107
From [...]
YELLOW DOG – Wilderness at Risk!
Public Reception – THURSDAY, August 5th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Artist Presentation at 6:30
Michigan artist, Kathleen Mooney is featured at the PeterWhite Public Library’s Arts and Culture Center from August 4th – 28th, 2010. Kathleen’s series of paintings and photography was created in response to the impending destruction of wilderness [...]
Will Michigan be able to afford the possible mess?
http://michiganmessenger.com/40044/dnre-reassurances-fail-to-convince-environmentalists-skeptics
By Eartha Jane Melzer 7/26/10 8:13 AM
This first mine to be permitted under Michigan’s non-ferrous metallic mining law — the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company nickel sulfide mine west of Marquette — continues to draw concerns and criticism.
Michigan has dwindling resources for environmental regulation and its environmental [...]
Dear Guests, Sponsors & Friends,
Please see the attached flyer announcement for the upcoming 3rd Annual Protect the Earth Great Lakes Community Gathering. A pdf version, preferred for printing, is also available for download at https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7kb7ecjb20LYmExMmUyNGYtYzViNC00NTEyLTg0YmItYzEwZjA1Zjc2ZTkw&hl=en.
Flyer and artwork is courtesy of Cory Fountaine, KBOCC Alumni & New Warriors for the Earth Co-Founder. The background drawing represents [...]
by Al Gedicks
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/column/guest/article_49fb9946-7fed-11df-b8c6-001cc4c002e0.html
While most Americans are familiar with the Exxon Valdez spill, few have heard of Chevron/Texaco’s far more serious oil disaster in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. Chevron, which bought Texaco in 2001, dumped 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater (known as “produced water”) into the Amazon from 1964 to 1992. According to [...]
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