Category Archives: Legal
Please contact your local, state, and federal representatives regaurding this new information which has come to light, and ask the the question, “Is the Eagle Project Idiocy or Outright Fraud.
DEQ recently received public comment on Kennecott’s proposed Humbolt Processing Mill.
FOR MINING PERMIT, KENNECOTT EAGLE MINERALS
PROPOSED HUMBOLDT MILL PROJECT
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
April 15, 2009
Proposed Decision
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is deferring the proposed decision on the application for a Mining Permit submitted by Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company (KEMC) for the [...]
February 26, 2009 – 5:56 pm
Kennecott is proposing to operate a metallic sulfide mine in one of Michigan’s last wild areas, the Yellow Dog Plains, and recently submitted an application to re-open a milling facility in Humboldt Township, Michigan for processing of ore from the mine site. If approved, Kennecott’s proposed milling facility operations could result in environmental degradation [...]
February 25, 2009 – 3:28 pm
Researchers are working to save the endangered Coaster Brook Trout
This video was shot during the reporting for “Vanishing Point,” a story in the March 2009 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine. The image below will link you to the video.
MyNorth.com Video: Saving the Coaster Brook Trout
February 20, 2009 – 5:04 pm
by Gabriel Caplett
Humboldt, Michigan - While a blizzard raged in the eastern part of the county, about 100 citizens attended a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) hearing on a mining application for Kennecott-Rio Tinto’s proposed Humboldt Mill project. Comments were starkly divided between those citing perceived job creation as motivation for their support [...]
January 28, 2009 – 5:54 pm
Below is a link to the full Jack Parker comments on the KEMC application. Click the link to see the technical details about how catastrophic the potential Eagle Project could be.
PDF of Jack Parker KEMC Permit Application Comments
January 14, 2009 – 2:29 pm
Save the Wild UP will host a showing of the compelling documentary, “Mining Madness, Water Wars: The Great Lakes in the Balance” on Thursday evening, January 22 at Peter White Public Library.
Produced by the National Wildlife Federation, this 33 minute production lays bare the controversial proposal to blast a mine beneath a blue ribbon trout [...]
January 5, 2009 – 9:09 pm
When: Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, 10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m Central Time, 11:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Where: Patrick J. White Conference Room, West Iron District Library; 116 West Genessee; Iron River, MI 49915 (One block South of U.S.2, midtown); (906)265-2831
Contact person: Robert Rivera (906)265-3176
Concerned citizens of Iron County, with assistance from the Northwood Alliance, will hold [...]
December 30, 2008 – 12:51 pm
“The Splash,” is now available. Check inside the Marquette Monthly during the month of January or click here to view the online version.
December 16, 2008 – 1:38 pm
Mining Madness, Water Wars: The Great Lakes in the Balance
A Documentary Film on Sulfide Mining
“Mining Madness, Water Wars: The Great Lakes in the Balance” is a timely, compelling documentary that lays bare a controversial proposal to blast a mine beneath a blue ribbon trout stream in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The 33-minute story is told through the [...]
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