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
"TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took a step Thursday toward placing the coaster brook trout, which once thrived in the upper Great Lakes, on the endangered species list.
A petition filed by two groups in 2006 made a strong enough case to justify a formal review, the service said in [...]
The following is from a March 2 story in the Deseret Morning News.
" Salt Lake County ranks second in the nation as a depository for the most materials containing toxic substances.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency's annual report of the top 20 counties in the country that have these deposits, 120.3 million [...]
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore may house the newest Wilderness are in Michigan.
"MUNISING — The effort to designate the 11,739 acres of the Beaver Basin as wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is making its way to Congress.
The National Park Service is working to finalize the establishment of the Beaver Basin Wilderness Area, which is one [...]
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 – 5:27 pm
The following excerpt is from a Feb. 28 CBC news story, click here for the whole story
"Ottawa city council is urging Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to temporarily ban uranium prospecting, exploration and mining in eastern Ontario and the Ottawa River watershed.
The council voted 18-1 Wednesday in favour of a motion calling on the province to [...]
February 29, 2008 – 3:26 pm
from a Feb. 28 NY Times article; click here for the whole story
"This month, Lake County commissioners declared a state of emergency over concerns that rising levels of contaminated water could burst from the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel and flood the town.
For years, the federal Bureau of Reclamation and the Environmental Protection Agency have bickered [...]
February 29, 2008 – 2:56 pm
The EPA released new data this month at http://www.epa.gov/tri/
Click here for the TRI report where the following info was obtained. Go to page 21 of the .pdf for the Top 50 Polluters
Top 7 Most Highly Polluting U.S. Facilities, by Weight in Pounds (2006)
1) Red Dog Operations: Kotzebue, Alaska, 615.3 million
2) Kennecott Utah Copper Mine [...]
February 29, 2008 – 2:29 pm
For Immediate Release
February 28, 2008
Also see the Mining Journal article
Click here for the AP article
Contact:
Michelle Halley, National Wildlife Federation, (906) 361-0520
Peter Dykema, Huron Mountain Club, (202) 282-5773
Paul Townsend, Huron Mountain Club, (313) 886-3487
John Baker, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, (906) 353-4106
Cynthia Pryor, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, (906) [...]
February 27, 2008 – 3:04 pm
We’ve had some requests for updates on the Coaster Brook Trout:
The Sierra Club and the Huron Mountain Club filed a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to begin the investigative process of listing the Coaster Brook Trout as a Threatened and Endangered Species. This petition filed in February 2007 was not addressed by [...]
