Nancy Schuldt from the Fon Du Lac band of Lake Superior Chippewa talks about the significant problems hard rock mining has caused to the St. Louis River and the Lake Superior Watershed. She also discusses the water quality problems posed by the proposed Sulfide Mining in this region. You can view here talk at VCC […]
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February 25, 2013 Editor The Ely Echo Dear Editor: Old attitudes die hard, as Joe Folio’s letter in the February 23 Echo demonstrates. Ely is rightfully proud of its iron mining history. However, the current effort to romanticize that history ignores much of its dark underside. Ironically, […] “Sulfie” the We Support Mining Mascot Yes Virginia, some only see the meager gifts this Santa brings. They over look the arsenic, mercury, and acid mine drainage that comes with this type of mining. They over look the “resource curse,” the bad behavior of the industry, and the propaganda fed them by […] What would be different about Non-Ferrous Mining? Nothing! From “Mining in Minnesota’s Iron Range: Past and Future Perspectives by Thomas Michael Power, Economics Department, The University of Montana: The Economic Promise: Tremendous Wealth Extracted High Wages Paid The Economic Outcoume: Depressed and Rundown Towns & Regions Lower average incomes, […] Tell the MPCA, the agency charged with regulating mining pollution to do its job and require mining companies to obey pollution laws. Deadline for responding: Please take a few minutes to comment on the Keetac water-quality permits by August 19, 2011. ACTIVIST MESSAGE Tell MPCA Commissioner Aasen and Governor Dayton to Enforce our Clean […] Regulators need to protect our valuable water. The Cracks in the Copper mining Sales Pitch…becoming clearer. Watch the VIDEO Then comment on what CRACKS you see in the Copper Mining Sales pitch. I have a feeling we’ve just barely scratched the surface here. The slides that Paul Danicic presented during his presentation to […] Carla Arneson wrote the following article after visiting the site pictured at the left with a few other concerned and outraged (this is for Gov. Dayton and his group who ask “where is the outrage?,” they don’t seem to be able to act on the facts) citizens. Here is a link to the video made […] 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 […] STREAMLINING POLLUTION Editorial Comment: This is in our opinion one of the very best summaries of the state of the development of Cu/Ni Hazardous Chemical Processing/Mining written to-date. If you have any concern for the health of the citizens of Minnesota and the state itself, you should take a few minutes to familiarize yourself […] Human Nature is that component that creates mining with severe environmental loses or allows highly dysfunctional individuals to run amok until they cause severe human losses including death, eg. Bernie Madoff or Chralie Sheen, or the young man who shot Senator Gifford. Corporate Nature is that component that insists upon profits as the only motive […] |
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