|
||||||
|
Visit Toxiland I may have underestimated local and state politicians bending all rules necessary, changing laws when possible, and giving vast sums of money to already wealthy mining companies to lure them to the Minnesota Gold, presently Non-Ferrous Metals ensuring nearly hundreds of jobs, in the short term. But, their long term thinking […] When : Wednesday, April 13 • 4:00pm Where : Harbor Drive, behind the DECC, Duluth, MN What : Picket and Press Conference: Stop the Environmental Standards Rollback! Who : Listen to Bob Tammen Retired Miner from Tower Soudan The Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration will be holding a conference in the DECC […] By Mike Hillman A friend of mine told me a few weeks ago that State Representative Tom Rukavina wanted to increase by five times the legal limit we allow for sulfates in our discharge water. “Why would he want to do that,” I asked. “The current standards are too high for the mining companies to […] By Mike Hillman: I was sitting with Bill Magie during the summer of 1973 when Congress passed the Wilderness Bill setting aside over a million acres of Northeastern Minnesota as the only area, east of the Mississippi River, large enough to claim to be a true wilderness area. Taken in combination with the Quetico Provincial […] |
||||||
|
Copyright © 2024 Ely Minnesota - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||||||
