Category Archives: Science

Native Plant Walk along Woodland Road

August 20, 2010 – 2:33 pm

NORTHWOODS NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OUTING
Proposed Kennecott haul road and North Country Trail
Michigamme Highlands, Marquette County, Michigan
Saturday, August 28, 10 AM Eastern (9 AM Central).
Leaders:
Emily Whittaker, Executive Director, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
Steve Garske, Invasive Plant Specialist, GLIFWC
This trip will begin near the southern end of the proposed mining haul road through the scenic Michigamme Highlands. [...]

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“Fish-Advisory” result of Cliff’s Selenium Contamination

August 6, 2010 – 12:29 am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 5, 2010
Contact: Steve Casey, 906-346-8535 or Debbie Munson Badini, 906-226-1352
DNRE Releases Newsletter Detailing Selenium Reduction Efforts and Monitoring in Upper Peninsula
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment has released a joint newsletter with Cliffs Natural Resources, detailing several efforts to monitor and reduce selenium discharge into waters near the Empire and Tilden [...]

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Water for Life

August 2, 2010 – 4:47 pm

U.N. assembly asserts water rights, some disagree
July 28, 2010
By Patrick Worsnip
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly asserted a global right to water and sanitation in a resolution on Wednesday, but more than 40 countries abstained, saying no such right yet existed in international law.
Some 884 million people lack access to [...]

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Woodland Road Hearing: Permit Analysis

February 4, 2010 – 1:53 pm

To help prepare yourself to attend the MDEQ’s public hearing for Kennecott’s proposed 22-mile haul ‘highway’ on Wednesday, February 10 at the Westwood High School, 7:00 pm, Please Read the Permit Analysis written by Cynthia Pryor.

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South Road – Projected Pollution Corridor

October 23, 2009 – 4:32 pm

(Based on findings from the Red Dog Mine in Alaska)
A study done by the National Park Service in Alaska illustrates the dangers of the Kennecott South Haul Road. The Red Dog Mine in Alaska has a 51 mile haul road, and heavy metal pollution from Fugitive Dust flying off mining trucks has severely polluted the [...]

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Road Commission Decision on South Road October 19

October 16, 2009 – 2:26 pm

Marquette County Road Commission Meeting
Monday, October 19, 2009
Ishpeming Township Hall (note location change)
6:30 pm
The MCRC will either vote to accept Kennecott’s Proposed South Road plan or defer the decision until a later meeting. At a public hearing held Sept 28, a group of 20 citizens voiced their concerns about the proposed route and urged the [...]

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Mine Engineer Report

May 7, 2009 – 3:41 pm

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.

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DEQ Response to Humbolt Mill Public Comments

April 27, 2009 – 3:12 pm

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 [...]

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Medical Doctors, Physicians Address Public Health Threats in Upper Peninsula

March 25, 2009 – 1:26 pm

By Gabriel Caplett
March 20, 2009
Marquette, Michigan – Current pollution from past chemical, mining and military operations were addressed alongside the potential for continued public health threats posed by coal power generation and mining activities, Thursday, at the Women’s Federated Clubhouse, in Marquette. The event, organized by the Great Lakes Health and Environment Action League [...]

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Send Kennecott Humboldt Mill Comments to the DEQ

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 [...]

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