October 8, 2008 – 12:26 pm
Stand By Your Land
Award-Winning Author, Noted Hiker Eric Hansen Will Present the Keynote Address for the Wisconsin Sierra Club Autumn Assembly on October 11 in Wisconsin Dells
His Theme Will Be:
Stand By Your Land:
Wisconsin and the U.P.; The Powerful Storylines of Our Iconic Landscapes and the Citizens Campaigns That Have Defended Them
Hansen will offer his thoughts [...]
October 6, 2008 – 5:30 pm
LANSING, MI (September 30, 2008) - The Superior Watershed Partnership in cooperation with Northern Initiatives and Lt. Gov. John Cherry today announced that a public input meeting will be held in Marquette on October 13, 2008 at 7pm in the Great Lakes rooms of the University Center on the campus of Northern Michigan University. This [...]
October 6, 2008 – 5:25 pm
Pilbara mining workers to strike over claims
Paige Taylor and Ewin Hannan | October 07, 2008
STRIKE action will interrupt Rio Tinto's Pilbara operations for the first time in 16 years, as Australian Workplace Agreements expire and locomotive drivers earning up to $210,000 a year engage their union in a push for collective [...]
October 6, 2008 – 4:56 pm
Panel Discusses Great Lakes Basin Compact
Sulfide Mining Introduced as a Major Threat to the Great Lakes
October 3, 2008
Marquette, MI - Three panelists addressed environmental and conservation issues threatening the Great Lakes at a symposium sponsored by Northern Michigan University’s Political Science department. Panelists also presented a general outline of the new [...]
October 6, 2008 – 3:52 pm
ACTION ALERT
BEAVER BASIN WILDERNESS PROPOSAL AT PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE IN FINAL PHASE
By the end of this legislative session in late October it is expected that the Senate will approve an omnibus lands bill that includes federal wilderness designation for the Beaver Basin at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It has passed through [...]
October 6, 2008 – 3:31 pm
The Splash
We have a new title for our publication! It’s now called The Splash and we hope it will help our grassroots efforts and make waves about metallic sulfide and uranium mining throughout the Great Lakes Region.
WHAT IS THE SPLASH: The latest news about metallic sulfide mining and environmental issues from across the UP, Michigan, [...]
October 6, 2008 – 2:07 pm
Political dispute intensifies over potential pollution from copper-nickel mining
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical SocietyA mine near Biwabik, circa 1900.
By Ron Way | Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
As the date nears for a long-anticipated release of perhaps the most important environmental document in Minnesota's mining history, political wrangling has stepped up [...]
September 30, 2008 – 1:36 pm
Enjoy Three Upcoming Events Hosted by the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
October 4, 2008: Hike to the McCormick Tract- We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by hiking to the segment of the Yellow Dog River that is federally protected by this legislation. Everyone interested [...]
September 23, 2008 – 3:35 pm
Make your voice heard, ask the panelists about important issues such as sulfide and uranium mining.
September 23, 2008 – 2:06 pm
By The Associated Press
1:42 PM CDT, September 23, 2008
Reaction to the House's passage Tuesday of the Great Lakes compact, which was designed to prevent the diversion of water from the Great Lakes.
"There is no question that we're in a much stronger position to protect the Great Lakes with the Compact than without it." — Rep. [...]
