As Residents Fight Back, Sulfide Mining Strikes Again: Copperwood Project

Submitted by Michigan LCV on Wed, 05/09/2012 – 9:18am

by Alicia Prygoski, Special Projects Associate
Although countless Michigan residents have made it clear that they don’t want their pristine natural areas decimated by sulfide mines, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) doesn’t seem to want to listen.

In the same week that the Huron Mountain Club has made headway in opposing the ever-controversial Kennecott Eagle Mine, the DEQ has gone ahead and unleashed another sulfide mine on the Upper Peninsula, giving mining companies the right-of-way instead of considering the voices of the citizens who live there. Continue reading