On March 9, 2007, representatives of a number of environmental groups sent a letter to Michigan Department Environmental Quality Director Steven Chester regarding numerous grave concerns with MDEQ in connection with its review of the application filed by Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company. Click to read the letter to Steven Chester (PDF)
The report issued yesterday by [...]
The Rest of the Story about Kennecott’s Flambeau Mine and their request to the Wisconsin DNR for Certificate of Completion
Kennecott (AKA Flambeau Mining Company or FMC) has applied to the Wisconsin DNR for a Certificate of Completion (COC) for its reclamation activities at the Flambeau Mine site. What it boils down to is that FMC [...]
In Mining plan a bust with us, the Petoskey News Review takes a stand against the proposed sulfide mining operation by the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company in the Upper Peninsula’s Yellow Dog Plains. They cite the fact that every sulfide mine that could pollute its water did, and also note that the mine:
… is located [...]
Originally published in The North Woods Call (Feb 14, 2007)
Readers Who Care by Hugh McDiarmid Jr., Michigan Environmental Council
Michigan’s environmental community – which overwhelmingly backed Gov. Jennifer Granholm in her re-election bid – joined forces with grassroots groups and lashed out at the Governor for recklessly endangering the environment. In a show of strength, they [...]
In Reversal on mine shows intrigue, columnist George Weeks takes a look at the circumstances surrounding the proposed Kennecott Eagle project. He notes that:
Of particular interest is how DEQ Director Steven Chester on March 1, in withdrawing the tentative approval because of DEQ’s inadequate consideration of reports questioning “structural integrity of the mine,” did something [...]
March 3, 2007 editorial from the Detroit Free Press:
Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality stumbled in an uncharacteristic but worrisome way when it sidetracked, then retrieved, a two-part report it commissioned on a proposed underground mine near Marquette.
The first part of the report, by a mining engineer the DEQ hired as a consultant, [...]
A SULFIDE MINE ON THE YELLOWDOG PLAINS?
An open letter from C. Fred Rydholm, Marquette, Michigan
“Will glaring lights from the operation hide the stars we are used to watching?”
It seems that no matter how much is said, nor who said it, no matter how the facts are stated or documented at these public hearings, nothing can [...]
February 26, 2007 – 11:18 am
Opinion: Ghost towns, past and future
By ERIC BAERREN
Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun Columnist
Published Friday, February 23, 2007
One of the most interesting things about Michigan history is that the Upper Peninsula used to be more populated than it is today. It’s not hard to understand why – when the mines and lumber gave out, so did [...]
February 15, 2007 – 2:34 pm
Sulfide Mining and the Soul of Michigan
by: Dave Dempsey
Anyone who grows up in Michigan knows that some Great Lakes State experiences are sacred – sunsets and wild storms over Lake Michigan, standing beneath the few remaining 300-year-old white pines in the Keweenaw, the feeling of release when you realize you’ve arrived “up north.” And [...]
February 14, 2007 – 4:27 pm
A recent ‘Letter to the Editor’ explained that sulfide mining proposed for the Yellow Dog Plain cannot be done safely. The letter from 2/9/07 explained: the Wisconsin law prohibits sulfide mining until mining companies can demonstrate successful mining and post-mining without polluting surrounding surface and groundwaters. The aforementioned letter supports our position that this requirement [...]
