December 19, 2011 by Barbara With Marcia Bjornerud, a professor of geology at Lawrence University, sent this letter to Bad River Tribal Chair Mike Wiggins Jr, after the mining hearing in West Allis on December 14th. It appears, since there is sulfide in them thar hills, there should be no mine due to the obvious […]
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UPDATE: Ashland Cty Board Ad Hoc Committee on Mining Rescinds Support
March 4, 2015 UPDATE: Gogebic Taconite (GTac) allegedly closed their Hurley office on March 1, 2015. With the price of iron ore crashing, GTac said it was the proliferation of wetlands in the Penokees Hills that made the area un-mineable. However, the power of the people coming together to protect the water also gave the seeds of justice a chance to prevail. This blog, originally published […]
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