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By Peter Payette

A private club in the Upper Peninsula has filed a federal lawsuit suit to stop the construction of a new mine in Marquette County. The nickel and copper mine, owned...

By Peter Payette

A tribe in the Upper Peninsula is appealing to the United Nations in an effort to restrain sulfide mining. The tribe hopes to strengthen its position through an...

A tribe in the Upper Peninsula is appealing to the United Nations in an effort to restrain sulfide mining. The tribe hopes to strengthen its position through an international agreement signed by the Obama Administration.

The Keweenaw Bay...

From Staff Reports

Groups are still trying to halt construction of a controversial Upper Peninsula mine. They say they plan to file an appeal in state court.

Last month, a downstate judge affirmed the state's decision to...

By Linda Stephan

Former Congressman Bart Stupak says, now that a sulfide mining project is moving forward in Marquette County, companies have been eyeing parts of the western Upper...

Kennecott's Eagle Mine near Marquette will not need a federal wastewater permit. The Environmental Protection Agency made its decision late Thursday. Opponents of the mine were banking on federal review of the project to look into...

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