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9/5/2024

  • jesse4430
  • Sep 5, 2024
  • 1 min read

WAKEFIELD - A protest of the Copperwood Mine is scheduled for next Saturday.

Members from a number of tribes along with other allies will hold the Gichgaming Water Walk to highlight the environmental issues that come along with a fully operational mine, including the fact that the mine would be the closest metallic sulfide mine allowed near Lake Superior. The mine would also require storage of at least 30 million tons of mine waste filled with mercury and arsenic in an area that slopes toward the lake. The walk will pass through Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield, and end up at Lake Superior. The Water Walk is being hosted by members of Tribal Nations in collaboration with the Protect the Porkies campaign, a decentralized movement opposing Copperwood’s development. There is currently a petition of over 44,000 signatures calling for the halting of the mine’s development.

 
 
 

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