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Eagle Mine Begs For Up North Progressive’s Opinion: Lets Have Fun
Monday , 9, July 2018 Community, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentThe Up North Progressive email inbox received a very strong reminder Eagle Mine needs their survey filled out before the deadline on Friday, July 13th. They even included the dates of previous emails to emphasize the urgency of needing input. Eagle Mine if you recall is the operation currently drilling for minerals near Marquette. They […]
Eagle Mine Updates Plans for Eagle East: Ramp Construction Begins Before Feasibility Study is Complete
Thursday , 30, June 2016 Environment, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentEagle Mine today announced a Preliminary Economic Assessment on an area about a mile east of the location currently mined as a potential newly discovered deposit of nickel and copper ore estimated at 1.18 million metric tons. While a feasibility study won’t be completed until the end of the year, Lundin Mining will begin building […]
Guest Post: Save the Wild U.P.’s Open Letter to Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton Concerning His Recent Tour of Eagle Mine
Wednesday , 18, November 2015 Environment, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentBack in August when Communications Director for Eagle Mine, Dan Blondeau, sent love letters to Up North Progressive, he also offered the opportunity to go out on a date and tour the facility. Since then, mysterious emails arrive periodically with the offer to tour Lundin Minings’ operations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Up […]
Public Comment Period Extended For Yellow Dog Watershed Lease
Friday , 21, August 2015 DNR, Upper Peninsula 2 CommentsThree weeks ago the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced Eagle Mine wanted approval for a mineral lease for 40 more acres in Michigamme Township, Marquette County, in the Upper Peninsula. The parcel in particular – NE1/4 NE1/4, Section 8, T50N,R29W. – contains the headwaters of Anderson Creek and the Yellow Dog River. The region […]
Eagle Mine Saga Act Four: Plausible Denial From The Source
Monday , 10, August 2015 Environment, Upper Peninsula 2 CommentsDan Blondeau, the communications representative for Eagle Mine left two comments on the blog last week. Both of them are rather condescending and confrontational, but more importantly, they shed light on the issue with County Road 595. Both were left on the second installment of Eagle Mine Saga and were in response to a reader’s […]
Eagle Mine Saga Act Three: 40 More Reasons The People of Michigan Have To Give Lundin Mining Everything They Want
Monday , 3, August 2015 Environment, Upper Peninsula 3 CommentsLet’s recap Eagle Mine’s activities in Marquette County so far. First, the Marquette County Road Commission, being funded by a 501(c)(4) “social welfare” group called Stand U.P., sued the Environmental Protection Agency on July 8 over their temper tantrum with County Road 595. This road, running through Wildcat Canyon, would impact 26 acres of wetlands […]
Eagle Mine Saga Act Two: Tripling Wastewater Outfalls Necessary To Mine’s Industrial Health
Sunday , 2, August 2015 Environment, Upper Peninsula 5 CommentsA recent press release from Save The Wild UP, dated July 23, 2015, states that in January, the Humboldt processing facility for Eagle Mine put in a request for a new permit with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to continue putting wastewater into local watersheds around the plant. The permit also asked to nearly […]
Eagle Mine Saga Act One: Marquette County Road Commission Holds Their Breath Until They Turn Blue
Saturday , 1, August 2015 Environment, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentPlenty has been going on in Marquette County lately with Eagle Mine and the Marquette County Road Commission – and none of it is good. On July 8, the Marquette County Road Commission filed suit with the Environmental Protection Agency over their banning construction of County Road 595. The Road Commission just won’t take no […]
Tom Casperson Just Can’t Take No For An Answer: SR 9 Approved To Support Construction of Marquette County Road 595
Saturday , 7, March 2015 Environment 1 CommentOn March 3, 2015 a Senate resolution co-sponsored by Tom Casperson and Patrick Colbeck was adopted. The resolution supports the Marquette County Road Commission’s lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency’s ruling denying them building County Road 595 in 2013. Eagle Mine says they need the new road because it’s a shortcut to the Humboldt Mill […]