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Minnesota and mining: Our children, our waters and wild rice are political pawns

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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announcement came just two weeks before public comments were due for PolyMet’s Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement. PolyMet’s proposed NorthMet Mine is the first in a long line of sulfide mining projects aimed at turning Minnesota’s Superior National Forest, the lake country of the Arrowhead, […]

April 15th, 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Arrowhead Region of Minnesota, Call for Accountability, Environmental Factors, Minnesota DNR, Political Nature, Pollution, PolyMet or Polymet, St. Louis River, Twin Metals, Water Quality, Wetlands, Wild Rice & Sulfide Standard | Leave a comment

Polymet 101 or The essentials of Copper Sulfide Mining Revisited-A Summary Todate

Published in the Zenith City Weekly, Vol. 8 Issue 114 on Feb. 11, 2014 by Anne Stewart

Compare the Polymet 101 Summary with what we knew in 2008 VCC Panel Discusion

Anne Stewart Zenith City Weekly

After PolyMet released its latest plans on December 6, an estimated 3,650 people attended public hearings in Duluth, […]

February 23rd, 2014 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Call for Accountability, Call for Action, Economic Development, Glencore, Minnesota DNR, Pollution, PolyMet or Polymet, Sulfide Mining | Leave a comment

Our wells are running dry and the State of Minnesota has yet to realize the value of water. Hibbing in the cross-hairs.

*DNR water officials say it’s time for local communities to start making decisions on water, rather than the state, because the current rates of use are not sustainable.*

*Nature can’t keep up with demand, prompting disputes in some cities.* (Can you say Hibbing?)

It didn’t take Daniel Damm long to figure […]

February 24th, 2013 | Tags: , , , | Category: Minnesota DNR, Political Nature, Pollution, Sulfide Mining, Water Quality | Leave a comment