December 13, 2013 by Russell Buccanero [Russell Buccanero lives on Moore Park Road in the Town of Anderson, Iron County, Wisconsin. His property is near the the land on which Gogebic Taconite plans to construct a 22-mile long, 1,000 foot deep open pit iron mine. Despite GTac’s offers to buy his land, Buck has steadfastly […]
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An Open Letter to the Press Regarding GTAC
December 3, 2013 by WCMC A version of the following letter was composed by Dr. Joseph Skulan, who has been covering the 22-mile open-pit mountaintop removal iron ore mine being proposed by GTac in the Penokee Hills and is a member of WCMC. The letter was sent to a contact in the Wisconsin press, but […]
Dispatch from the Penokee Hills
December 2, 2013 by Mel Gasper Booshoo, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Mel Gasper. I’m a Lac Courte Oreilles tribal member from Hayward, Wisconsin. I’m the administrator for the HELP project (Harvest Educational Learning Project) located on Moore Park Road near Mellen, Wisconsin. I have been here in the Penokee Mountain […]
Spanish Trial Of GTAC Bill Williams All But Certain
November 29, 2013 by WCMC WCMC has obtained information from the Spanish organization pressing charges against Bill Williams, President of Gogebic Taconite (GTac), for alleged crimes perpetrated while he was director of the Cobre las Cruces copper mine in Spain. Ecologistas en Acción (Ecologists In Action) are seeking information on Williams’ current whereabouts to pass on to […]
Wis. Republicans Disregard Public Health and Safety in Favor of Frac Sand Mining
October 25, 2013 by Bruce Johnson [Bruce Johnson is a Supervisor on the Town of Pepin board and serves as the Pepin Plan Commission chair. -Editors] I travelled to Madison this week to present a unanimous resolution from the Town of Pepin Board opposing an attempt in the state legislature to preempt all local units […]
Bill Williams Claims DNR Dragging Feet; DNR Says “Ball is in GTac’s Court”
October 20, 2013 by Wendy Thiede To the editors of the Ironwood Daily Globe, Attached is a letter to the editor I have written in response to the article in Saturday’s paper headlined “GTac still waiting to hear from WDNR.” I personally attended and recorded the meeting of the Iron County Mining Impact Committee on […]
Fitz Discovers More Asbestos Near GTac Proposed Bulk Sampling Site
October 15, 2013 by Barbara With According to WPR, Northland College Geologist Dr. Tom Fitz has found four more areas around a proposed iron ore mine site in the Penokee Hills that contain high levels of asbestos. Fitz was one of a a team of independent scientists who released findings last week of abundant amounts […]
Asbestos Lobby Pushes Bill to Make Victims’ Claims More Difficult
October 14, 2013 by Barbara With This is the second in a WCMC four-part series on asbestos. Back in February when Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) and Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere) introduced AB19/SB13, otherwise known as the “Asbestos Claims Transparency Act,” many wondered who really wrote the bill. Both Jacque and Grothman are members […]
Grothman Brings Back Asbestos Bill Just in Time for DNR Revelation
October 11, 2013 by Barbara With This is the first in a WCMC four-part series on asbestos. On Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) introduced a substitute amendment to controversial SB13, the torts and personal injury trusts reform bill that makes it harder for victims of asbestos poisoning to receive trust money allotted […]
Abundant Asbestos Confirmed at GTAC Bulk Sampling Site
October 6, 2013 by Barbara With Yesterday a group of scientists led by geologist Dr. Tom Fitz and geochemist Dr. Joseph Skulan hiked to Gogebic Taconite’s proposed Bulk Sampling Site 4 to hold a press conference concerning the deadly asbestos present at the site. Several journalists accompanied the scientists who explained that high levels of […]
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