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EPA Open House for Kennecott Application October 22

October 9, 2008 – 1:01 pm

CHICAGO (Oct. 9, 2008) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold an open house on October 22 to answer questions about the federal role in regulating the proposed mine and the underground injection control permit application submitted by Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company. The open house will be held at the Holiday Inn, 1951 [...]

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US Fish and Wildlife Requests EPA Delay on Kennecott Mine

October 8, 2008 – 12:32 pm

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has requested the EPA to determine whether habitat for the endangered Kirtland warbler and threatened Canada lynx occurs in areas that could directly or indirectly be affected by Kennecott’s Eagle Project.
According to the USFWS, “Kirtland’s warblers utilize young, dense stands of jack pine that are interspersed with [...]

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Great Lakes Symposium to be Held in Marquette

September 23, 2008 – 3:35 pm

Make your voice heard, ask the panelists about important issues such as sulfide and uranium mining.

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Nature Mapping Program Meeting

July 8, 2008 – 4:15 pm

Nature Mapping – A Michigan Initiative for Wildlife Inventory Conservation Management
What:      Nature Mapping Scoping Meeting
When:     July 16, 2008 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where:    Northern Michigan University
Lake Ontario Room
University Center
1401 Presque Isle Avenue
Marquette, MI 49855
You are invited to a session hosted by the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Inc in the scoping and building of a Michigan [...]

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Youth in Government Write Bill Against Sulfide Mining

June 18, 2008 – 11:59 am

School: Leland Public School
Introduced By: Kenyon McFarlane and Sarah Jane Crimmins
Grade: 9
A bill to place a ban on metallic sulfide mining throughout the state of Michigan.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Section 1: This bill shall apply to all persons/companies in the state of Michigan.
Section 2: Persons/companies shall be defined as all businesses, corporations, [...]

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Kirtland’s Warbler Survey Informational Meeting

June 3, 2008 – 12:48 pm

Date: June 5th, 2008
Time: 7pm
Place: Peter White Public Library-Dandelion Cottage Room, Marquette, MI
Information about the federal Kirtland’s Warbler Survey Program will be given along with maps of jackpine stands and survey information. The survey will be focusing on singing males. Christie Deloria Sheffield, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Biologist and Kirtland’s Warbler [...]

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Mine opponents speak at Rio Tinto meeting in London

April 17, 2008 – 2:10 pm

LONDON, ENGLAND – Four community leaders took their opposition to the proposed Upper Peninsula sulfide mine to the United Kingdom today when each spoke at the annual meeting of London-based Rio Tinto, the mining giant and parent company of Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co.
Before a gathering of thousands, Susan LaFernier, vice president of the Keweenaw Bay [...]

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Kennecott Investigated for Concealing Public Health Threat

March 23, 2008 – 6:39 pm

The Salt Lake Tribune (SLT) has been covering a major scandal involving Kennecott and Magma, UT.
“Kennecott concealed the seismic risks facing the tailings pond less than a half mile away [from Magma]…
Walker feels a little betrayed and deeply suspicious of the Utah copper giant, which used an undisclosed agent to sell her the home in [...]

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World Water Day 2008

March 23, 2008 – 6:15 pm

March 22 was World Water Day.
“The world faces a future of “water wars”, unless action is taken to prevent international water shortages and sanitation issues escalating into conflicts, according to Gareth Thomas, the [British] International Development minister. ”
Click here to read the rest of this story from The Independent
“Water – the most basic element on [...]

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The Story of Stuff

March 23, 2008 – 6:08 pm

This excellent 20-min animated short film is a unique analysis of the birth and death of everyday products and suggestions on how individuals can change the current unsustainable linear life of these products to a sustainable closed cycle. Well worth the 20 minutes!
Watch it at http://www.storyofstuff.com/

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