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Chevron Should Pay for Its Oil Disaster, Too
Posted on 07/01/2010 | No CommentsBP's oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was not the first time the oil industry's practice of cutting corners on environmental protection put entire ecosystems and cultures at risk. While most Americans are familiar with the Exxon Valdez spill, few have heard of Chevron/Texaco's far more serious oil disaster in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. Chevron, which bought Texaco in 2001, dumped 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater (known as "produced water") into the Amazon from 1964 to 1992. -
BP Disaster: What are we doing to the planet we call Home?
Posted on 05/09/2010 | 1 CommentApril 20, 2010 will go down in history as a day of infamy. This is the day that British Petroleum’s deep ocean oil exploration drilling rig exploded,... -
“Taking a Stand”: Sacred Site Celebrated Despite Citizen Arrest
Posted on 04/24/2010 | 6 CommentsOn Tuesday, a Big Bay resident was arrested for allegedly “trespassing” on a 120 acre tract of public land Rio Tinto wants to mine. Since then, public... -
Citizen Arrested for “Trespassing” on Public Land
Posted on 04/21/2010 | 24 CommentsA Big Bay resident was arrested today for “trespassing” on public land in the Escanaba River State Forest, in northern Marquette County. Cynthia Pryor planned on visiting... -
Green Nightmare: Burning Biomass is Not Renewable Energy
Posted on 03/23/2010 | 1 CommentNumber of years the United States could meet its energy needs by burning all its trees: 1. - Harpers List, January 2006 Ironically, just as delegates in... -
The PolyMet DEIS: Going for the Gold
Posted on 02/25/2010 | No Commentsby Elanne Palcich – Chisholm, Minnesota Those of us citizens who actually took it upon ourselves to review the 1800 plus pages of the Polymet DEIS (draft... -
Feds: PolyMet Environmental Review “Unsatisfactory”
Posted on 02/23/2010 | No CommentsThe United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a strong critique of an environmental review of PolyMet’s proposed NorthMet mine, located outside of Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, and is recommending the mine “must not proceed as proposed.” -
Cliffs Cited for Extensive Minnesota Iron Mining Pollution
Posted on 01/25/2010 | 1 CommentThree groups today announced their intent to file a lawsuit against Cliffs Erie, a subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources, for ongoing water pollution from previous taconite iron... -
Through the Looking Glass: Michigan DEQ Says Michigan DEQ Followed Law In Rio Tinto Approval
Posted on 01/14/2010 | 4 CommentsThe Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced today that it is giving final approval of Rio Tinto’s proposed Eagle Mine project, located on public land in the... -
A “Green” Economy: Buy A Bigger Truck?
Posted on 12/13/2009 | No CommentsElanne Palcich – Chisholm, Minnesota I was one of several hundred orderly and attentive people who attended the PolyMet Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) hearing in Aurora,...
Wisconsin Senator Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, has rejected compromises to the proposed Wisconsin Iron Mining ... 
Republican presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, showed his political skill Sunday, seeming to know just what ... ![The Penokee Range as seen looking west from Corrigan's Lookout in Iron County, May 2008. Upson Lake is in the middle of the photo.]](http://headwatersnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Upson-Lake-in-Penokee-Hills-Wisconsin-150x150.jpg "Upson Lake, in Penokee Hills, Wisconsin")
Wendy Thiede, a resident of Iron County, Wisconsin, published a good article on Wisconsin's controversial ... 
