On November 6th, Earthjustice filed a 60 Day Notice of Intent to Sue (NOI) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the jurisdiction of the wetland permit for the Back Forty Mine proposal on behalf of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.... Read More
Legislation that guts long-standing protections from acid mine pollution overcame bi-partisan opposition and public opinion to move on to Governor Walker. He has indicated he will sign SB 395 / AB 499. Wisconsin will lose our decades long “Prove it First” protections from toxic sulfide... Read More
You have heard us talking a lot about the Back Forty mine project on the Menominee River. This week we submitted our comments to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to formally convey our objection to the mine. While the mine isn't actually in Wisconsin, if approved, it will... Read More
Tyler Forks tumbles off the Penokee Hills in Ashland County — site of the proposed, and defunct for now, Gogebic taconic mine. This stream would have been gravely harmed by an iron mine there. Wisconsin's ferrous (iron) mining law, 2013 Wisconsin Act I, governs how iron mines in Wisconsin are... Read More
As Decision Time approaches on the possible opening of a sulfide mine on the banks of the Menominee River, we want to tell you about two upcoming events related to that project. But first: one of the things that has us deeply concerned about a mine on the Menominee is that a mistake there... Read More