-
Categories
-
Recent Posts
- TAKE ACTION: Help Stop New Kennecott Exploration
- March 11 - DNRE to Host Public Meeting on Modifications to Kennecott Groundwater Permit
- Kennecott Attempts to Sidestep the EPA: Seeks permit amendment
- Author Eric Hansen to do U.P. Slide Shows March 4, 6
- Feds outline lakes cleanup plan
- Skip Jones to perform March 2
- Rio Tinto Uranium Mine Leak
- Ballot Delayed Until 2012
- Woodland Road - Written Comment Accepted Until 20th
- China Files Charges Against 4 Rio Tinto Employees
- DNRE Grants Humboldt Permits
- Event to Help Locked-Out Rio Tinto Borax Workers
- Wall Street Journal Covers U.P. Mining
- Woodland Road Hearing: Permit Analysis
- Rio Tinto Locks Out 500 Union Workers
-
Blog Archives
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
Category Archives: Great Lakes
Doctors resign en masse over uranium exploration
December 7, 2009 – 11:17 am
The Montreal Gazette
December 4, 2009 1:58 PM
MONTREAL - Twenty doctors have handed in their resignations at the Centre hospitalier régional de Sept-Îles.
In an open letter addressed to Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc, the physicians say they have quit, as a group, to protest plans to build an uranium mine on the North Shore.
The protest comes [...]
Wetlands program saved, but state budget cuts expected
October 1, 2009 – 2:47 pm
October 1, 2009
James Clift, 517-256-0553
Lansing – The legislature will return to Lansing today to put the final touches on a bill that will keep Michigan’s wetlands program running at the state level for an additional three years. Proposals had been made to send the program back to the federal government to operate on [...]
Senate passes $400M Great Lakes bill
September 25, 2009 – 11:49 am
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Deb Price / Detroit News Washington Bureau
Washington — The Senate easily passed legislation tonight containing $400 million for Great Lakes restoration by deterring invasive species, cleaning up highly polluted sites and expanding wetlands.
The funding level for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative falls short of the $475 million passed by the House in [...]
Scripps Lays Out Plan to Protect Michigan’s Waters
September 3, 2009 – 1:22 pm
Placing waters in the public trust will protect the Great Lakes
— September 02, 2009
GLEN ARBOR – Speaking to a gathering of citizen activists, State Representative Dan Scripps (D-Leland) laid out his vision for protecting all of Michigan’s waters, including lakes, rivers, streams and groundwater, by affirming they should be clearly defined as a public resource, [...]
Environmental Writer Dave Dempsey Wins 2009 Michigan Author Award
September 3, 2009 – 1:20 pm
Contact: Sarah Lapshan (517) 241-1736
Agency: History, Arts and Libraries
Aug. 24, 2009
The Michigan Center for the Book today announced Dave Dempsey - author of award-winning books on conservation and environmental issues critical to Michigan - as the winner of the 2009 Michigan Author Award. Sponsored jointly by [...]
Eagle Rock Honored, Small Homeland Victories
August 18, 2009 – 5:04 pm
August 18, 2009
Contact: Michelle Halley, NWF – 906-361-0520
NWF and partners pleased with Eagle Rock protection, will appeal remainder of decision
MARQUETTE, MICH – Administrative Law Judge Richard Patterson announced today that he will uphold permits issued to Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality in 2007, with one critical exception that [...]
Great Lakes United wins mining lawsuit
June 22, 2009 – 11:12 am
The Canadian Federal Court decision requires Environment Canada to make the mining industry annually report the toxic waste accumulating in tailings ponds and waste rock piles.
John Jackson
Great Lakes United
Great Lakes United and Mining Watch Canada, with the legal assistance of Ecojustice, have won a court case, forcing Environment Canada to require the mining industry to [...]
Fun-raise with SWUP at our Walk/Paddle/Roll Events
June 18, 2009 – 2:06 pm
Fun-raise with SWUP at our Walk/Paddle/Roll Events
What: Great Lakes Walk, Paddle, and Roll Fundraising Event
When: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 10:00 am
Where: Big Bay, MI
For More Information, Contact:
Save the Wild UP Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
Quentin Sprengelmeyer, 228-4444 Emily Whitacker, 345-9233
Website: savethewildup.org Website: yellowdogwatershed.org
Join Save the Wild UP, Yellow Dog Watershed [...]