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 [...]
November 14, 2007 – 2:45 pm
Save The Wild UP would like to send a special thanks to Keepers of the Water, a coalition partner, for their beautiful video highlighting the need to protect our freshwater resources from sulfide mining. The video, entitled Bimaaji Nibi, was directed by Barb Bradley and filmed and edited by Amy [...]
October 30, 2007 – 3:04 pm
Canada creates largest Freshwater Marine Protected Area in the World on Lake Superior
Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, announced the creation of the largest protected freshwater area in the world. The Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area spans more than one million hectares of Lake Superior. The marine park includes the Thunder Cape at the tip [...]
October 25, 2007 – 4:31 pm
The famous leading Old Testament scholar and prolific author, Walter Brueggemann, recently visited the Upper Peninsula to discuss the controversial sulfide mine proposal and the Bible's environmental messages. His presentation explored the “connection of the Bible and the environmental crisis.”
For the whole story and a link to a video on the [...]
October 24, 2007 – 4:33 pm
MARQUETTE — Four Upper Peninsula chapters of the Michigan Audubon Society have signed a joint resolution opposing all sulfide-based mining in the Upper Peninsula.
Announcement of the groups’ opposition came as a state Department of Environmental Quality public comment period on the proposed approval of a Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company nickel and copper mine closed Wednesday.
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October 24, 2007 – 10:33 am
Below is the introduction of the 700+ page review of Kennecott's Mining Permit Application (MPA) by the National Wildlife Federation. The report addresses serious legal and technical deficiencies with the MPA. You may download the entire 702 page document as a PDF (It is a large file - 24.8 MB)
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October 17, 2007 – 4:31 pm
Mine debate echoes across state - Decision time near
By JOHN FLESHER, AP Environmental Writer
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — Biking enthusiast Michael Robold recoils at the idea of a copper and nickel mine amid the woods and rivers of the Yellow Dog Plains.
‘‘It would be a travesty!’’ he exclaimed during a rally called by opponents.
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