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Hardrock Mining–Baggage in Hand–Arrives in the Great Lakes
Fueled by high metals prices, the nation’s hardrock mining boom has swept into the Great Lakes. In a region with almost no history of hardrock or “sulfide” mining, there is now extensive exploration, a score of proposed developments, and one… Read more >
Weekly News Roundup – May 11, 2012
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: Great Lakes Remain Vulnerable to New Wave of Dangerous Mining, According to New Report May 10 – Gaps, inconsistencies… Read more >
NWF Appeals Court Approval of Controversial Mine
National Wildlife Federation and other conservation groups are appealing a Michigan court ruling that allowed a controversial metallic sulfide mine to be drilled below one of the Midwest’s finest trout streams. Opponents claim the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality should… Read more >
