February 26, 2008 – 2:27 pm
It is the sound of michigan's water being sold to the highest bidder if Michigan's Senate gets their way!
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"…some Michigan politicians are supporting proposals that would allow up to 25% of some of our inland rivers and streams to be available for export to thirsty states and nations! Maybe [...]
February 8, 2008 – 4:30 pm
"For more than seven months, the nation’s top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states, reportedly because it contains such potentially “alarming information” as evidence of elevated infant mortality and cancer rates."
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February 6, 2008 – 6:50 pm
Contact Your Federal Elected Officials
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Please send a message via e-mail or print and send a letter to your federal elected officials urging them to tell the EPA to deny the Underground Injection Permit needed for the proposed Kennecott mine on the Yellow Dog Plains.Click on the Take Action [...]
January 22, 2008 – 2:06 pm
The Center for Native American Studies and the Environmental Science Program at Northern Michigan University are seeking presentation proposals for the 2008 Indigenous Earth Day Summit to be held at NMU April 22-23.
The Summit will function as a call to action on Indigneous environmental issues in the Great Lakes area, on Turtle Island and around [...]
January 3, 2008 – 3:00 pm
Public Comment Period still Open on the Land Use Lease.
Even though the comment period has ended for the mining permit, concerned citizens can still send letters to the DNR's Natural Resource Commission (NRC) on the “Metallic Mineral Mining Operations Surface Use Lease.”
Kennecott wants to lease 120 acres of public land for 35 years from the [...]
December 21, 2007 – 2:40 pm
One week after a controversial decision by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to permit a sulfide mine in the central Upper Peninsula, the National Wildlife Federation, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Huron Mountain Club and Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve today filed a contested case petition and a lawsuit against the MDEQ as the first step [...]
December 14, 2007 – 4:34 pm
Please join members of our community on Monday, December 17 to show our disappointment and opposition to the DEQ's approval of some of the required permits for Kennecott's proposed metallic sulfide mine.The rally will start at noon on Monday and we will be meeting in front of the Marquette Post Office. Hope to see you [...]
November 28, 2007 – 2:55 pm
Congratulations to Daisy May on her wonderful recent reviews and mentions in the press! All of us here at SWUP want to send a big thank you to May and all of those people who help spread the word and educate folks about the beauty of the Upper Peninsula and our unique way [...]
November 15, 2007 – 1:49 pm
Kennecott filed its Mining Permit Application with the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality February 2006. The three partners opposing the proposed mine, National Wildlife Federation, Huron Mountain Club and Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, were already involved with studies of the negative environmental impacts such a mining operation would bring to the Yellow Dog Plains in [...]
November 14, 2007 – 3:12 pm
SASM will hold a concert 7:00 pm until midnight, November 30th at the Ramada Inn of Marquette. Entertainment will include a raffle ( a canoe that retails at $1200, Crescent Moon snowshoes, & an Eagle Nest lounge chair) a presentation by Cynthia Pryor, and the following bands: Blue Superiors, GrassMonkey, Superior Beats, and Lost [...]
