March 22 was World Water Day.
"The world faces a future of "water wars", unless action is taken to prevent international water shortages and sanitation issues escalating into conflicts, according to Gareth Thomas, the [British] International Development minister. "
Click here to read the rest of this story from The Independent
"Water - the most basic element on […]
China locks out BHP and Rio ore Rio Tinto lacks critical indigenous support for uranium project
Japanese anti-trust authorities to start probing BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, JFTC official says
Executives lap the cream at Rio Tinto
This excellent 20-min animated short film is a unique analysis of the birth and death of everyday products and suggestions on how individuals can change the current unsustainable linear life of these products to a sustainable closed cycle. Well worth the 20 minutes!
Watch it at http://www.storyofstuff.com/
Outdoor Life Magazine Names Marquette as #7 in Best 200 Towns List
In the April 2008 issue of Outdoor Life Magazine, Marquette received the honor of ranking #7 in the top 200 towns in the United States for hunters and anglers.
"We've all visited those towns, the ones with the river running through […]
The following is from a March 1, commentary ran in the Statesman.com
"Nineteenth-century explorer John Wesley Powell wrote that "the wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and […]
"Vince Bevins, Powell Township supervisor, and Jim Gauthier, from the Powell Township Planning Commission, sponsored an “Economic Business Meeting”, March 3, at the Powell Township Hall, in Big Bay. Their guest presenters were Jon Cherry, Kennecott Eagle Project manager; Bill Henry, a project planner for Kennecott; and Gregg Nominelli, from the Lake Superior Community Partnership. […]
TRAVERSE CITY, MI — A recent report released by a coalition of Great Lakes area local governments argues that the federal governments of the United States and Canada are not shouldering their fair shares of costs to care for the lakes, said a recent Associated Press story.
The report claimed local governments spend about $15 billion […]
February 29, 2008 – 6:04 pm
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When the Backyard Views Are of Wells and Drilling Rigs
By KATE MURPHY
WHEN Peggy and Bob Utesch bought a house five years ago on four acres in a town called Silt in rural Garfield County, Colo., they envisioned a quiet, pastoral life. What they […]
February 29, 2008 – 4:19 pm
The following is an excerpt from the Seattle Times article, click here for the whole story.
Sherman Alexie was a teenager when he first felt threatened by the uranium mines near his home on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
His grandmother had died from esophageal cancer in 1980. A few years later, his mother and some other tribal […]
