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Michigan Sulfide Mining Report, Contest WINer & Air Monitoring Comments Due

jeffkart wrote 2 weeks ago: As heard on May 18, 2012, Friday Edition, Q-90.1 FM, Delta College public broadcasting … Batte … more →

Tags: Energy, Air Pollution, Birds, NWF, Canada

Menominee County Explorer Loses Human Rights Court Case

LSMN wrote 1 year ago: A high court in Guatemala has ruled against HudBay Minerals, a partner with Aquila Resources on the … more →

Tags: Aquila, Back Forty, Gold, Guatemala, hardrock mining, HudBay, Human Rights, Menominee River, murder

Interactive Quiz: Busting Rio Tinto's Mythmaking1 comment

LSMN wrote 1 year ago: Time to sit down with the kids and get your thinking caps on for LSMN’s first-ever interactive … more →

Tags: Kennecott-Rio Tinto, Bart Stupak, deq, hardrock mining, Kennecott, Michigan Legislature, quiz, Rio Tinto

Public Overwhelmingly Opposes Kennecott at Forum

LSMN wrote 1 year ago: At a “community forum” hosted by Kennecott (Rio Tinto) in Marquette yesterday, local res … more →

Tags: hardrock mining, Kennecott, Lake Superior, Marquette, Rio Tinto, Upper Peninsula

Christian Perspective on Sulfide Mining

LSMN wrote 1 year ago: Engaging and vibrant take on sulfide mining from the Reverend Jon Magnuson: Healthy religious commun … more →

Tags: Christian, Easter, ethics, Good Friday, Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto to Explore in Ottawa National Forest

LSMN wrote 1 year ago: Rio Tinto has notified the Ottawa National Forest of plans to explore for minerals within the federa … more →

Tags: Rio Tinto, Kennecott, Michigan, Lake Superior, Upper Peninsula, hardrock mining, Ottawa National Forest

Mining Event Protested by Activists/Retired Miner

LSMN wrote 1 year ago: from Wisconsin Public Radio, via the Ashland Current: Environmental activists protested the mining i … more →

Tags: Minnesota, Mining, Duluth, Iron Mining

Mining Rush Next to Boundary Waters

LSMN wrote 1 year ago: from the Star Tribune: On the hunt for copper and other valuable metals, five exploration companies … more →

Tags: Minnesota, Center for Biological Diversity, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Record prices boost Minnesota's copper-nickel projects

LSMN wrote 1 year ago: from Minnesota Public Radio’s Bob Kelleher: Record prices for copper are helping to fuel contr … more →

Tags: Minnesota, copper, Duluth Metals, polymet, Mining, antofagasta, twin metals, hardrock mining

Michigan DEQ-Turned Rio Tinto Employee Talks About Clean Water

LSMN wrote 1 year ago: Kristen Mariuzza, who worked for the Michigan DEQ, reviewed Rio Tinto’s wastewater treatment p … more →

Tags: Kennecott-Rio Tinto, Rio Tinto, Kennecott, water, Michigan, Yellow Dog Plains, Eagle Mine, deq, DNR

Study: $$ penalties for water violations are rare

freshwatersocietyblog wrote 1 year ago: Each week, the Freshwater Society publishes a digest of important regional, national and internation … more →

Tags: Clean Water, water pollution, groundwater, BP Oil Spill, Dredging, hinckley

Lake Superior, Coaster Brook Trout, Sulfide Mining1 comment

Barbara Spring wrote 1 year ago: Here is an important video about the coaster brook trout and what threatens them in the Upper Penins … more →

Tags: great lakes, Conservation, Environment, Freshwater, Ecology, Nature, Lake Superior, cougar, Fishing

Report: World's rivers in crisis

freshwatersocietyblog wrote 1 year ago: Each week, the Freshwater Society publishes a digest of important regional, national and internation … more →

Tags: Clean Water, Conservation, Energy, Agriculture, ethanol, factory farms, Water Supply, clean water council

Listen to E. Halverson Sing on the Yellow Dog River

standfortheland wrote 1 year ago: Two songs posted at Headwaters News of E. singing this weekend on the Yellow Dog River:  Music in th … more →

Tags: Public Land, Native American rights, Kennecott, Rio Tinto, Music, Yellow Dog River, Big Bay, Michigan, baraga

Report: Ag research needs sustainability focus

freshwatersocietyblog wrote 1 year ago: Each week, the Freshwater Society publishes a digest of important regional, national and internation … more →

Tags: water pollution, Clean Water, climate change, Agriculture, agricultural pollution, Agricultural, arsenic in groundwater, nitrogen pollution, antibiotics and livestock

Coming soon: Michigan’s version of the BP disaster2 comments

Andy Buchsbaum wrote 1 year ago: A company with a history of polluting that wants to take valuable resources from deep underground. A … more →

Tags: Kennecot Mine, sulfide mine, Kennecott, Michigan Upper Peninsula, Kennecott Eagle mine, Lake Superior

Lake Pepin EDCs, aging sewers and invasive carp

freshwatersocietyblog wrote 2 years ago: Lawmakers question MPCA on Lake Pepin A pair of Minnesota lawmakers expressed frustration with a dev … more →

Tags: water pollution, invasive species, endocrine disruptors, greenhouse gas, asian carp, Lake Vermillion State Park

Water use down; ethanol plants penalized

freshwatersocietyblog wrote 2 years ago: U.S. water use is declining, according to a new report. After a long delay, the EPA orders tests on … more →

Tags: endocrine disruptor, ethanol, bisphenol A, water use, great lakes, sea levels, water pipeline


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