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Timeless Media Productions Documentary: Dire times in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Due to Sulfide Mining Plans
The unspoiled beauty of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is threatened due to plans by Kennecott Minerals and other mining companies to open dozens of sulfide mines. This is a Michigan State University Environmental Journalism Class video. MSU students Samantha Harris and Michelle Verdura edited, produced and wrote this documentary. Continue reading
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Kennecott Minerals attacks Ojibwa Camp: Mining Company orders large police raid on sacred Eagle Rock, arrest two Ojibwa campers and destroys camp to build nickel and copper mine
On orders from an international mining company on Thursday, May 27, 2010, dozens of heavily armed police raided a month old Ojibwa camp at sacred Eagle Rock in northern Michigan. Sacred Eagle Rock and the Yellow Dog Plains are State … Continue reading
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Make A Difference Day 2009: NMU EarthKeeper Student Team cleans along Dead River
Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper Student Teams Makes a Difference by removing trash from a favorite youth party spot on a Lake Superior tributary in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Marquette, Michigan) – A student environment group from Northern Michigan University honored “Make … Continue reading
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Interfaith Respect Series #3: Imam Hassan Qazwini explains Islam, respect for women
Interfaith Respect Series #3: Islamic Center of America Imam Hassan Qazwini explains Islam and respect for woman Interfaith Respect has long been a goal of the Upper Peninsula EarthKeeper Team in northern Michigan. Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain Interfaith … Continue reading
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