December 2, 2013 by Joseph Skulan (Note: Recently a correspondent in Spain asked me to explain GTac’s plans to mine iron in the Penokee hills of northern Wisconsin, and the issues surrounding these plans. Believing that my reply to his request could serve as a useful introduction to the Penokee mine issue for people unfamiliar […]
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Bill Williams’ Spanish Mistake Is Wisconsin’s Nightmare
November 30, 2013 by Joseph Skulan and Barbara With Gogebic Taconite (GTac) President Bill Williams will likely be brought to trial in Spain for his part in the environmental crimes allegedly committed by the Cobre Las Cruces (CLC) mining operation while he was a senior manager of the company, according to court documents obtained from Ecologistas en Acción (EIA). […]
Jim Coursolle, President of Heartland Communications, Mangles Science with Misinformation on Mining Bill
Last week Jim Coursolle, President of Heartland Communications, began running editorials on his radio stations in northern Wisconsin attempting to debunk the scientific evidence that a 22-mile open pit iron ore mine in the Penokee Hills would send billions of gallons of sulfuric acid into the Bad River watershed. His efforts seem to be strategically […]
ACTION ALERT: Contact Your Senators and Tell Them to Vote NO on Today’s Mining Bill
March 6, 2012 by Barbara With Yesterday, after much debate, the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) once again rubber stamped AB426, the Assembly version of the mining bill through committee. Co-chairs Rep. Robin Vos (R) and Sen. Alberta Darling (R) held a press conference before the committee met to introduce new amendments to the bill that […]
The Tyler Shale: Waste Overburden or Phosphate Ore?
March 1, 2012 by Hematite Proponents of the proposed iron mine in the Penokees claim that there are two kinds of rock: overburden waste rock (the Tyler shale) and iron ore. To date, the main concern with the Tyler is the presence of sulfide in the form of pyrite, or iron sulfide. When disturbed by […]
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