Environment/Energy
Congress Requires Military to Pursue Alternatives to Burning Munitions
Submitted by staff on Tue, 12/27/2016 - 9:38amWith President Obama’s signature on the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, a nationwide grassroots campaign to ensure the safe disposal of our nation’s conventional munitions stockpile secured a key victory. The amendment, written by U.S.
Michigan mine threatens Menominee Nation’s sacred sites
Submitted by staff on Wed, 09/14/2016 - 1:12pmBy Al Gedicks
Imagine an open pit mine deeper than the height of Wisconsin’s tallest building, Milwaukee’s U.S. Bank tower. The depth of that pit, a mere 150 feet from the Menominee River (a major Lake Michigan tributary that forms the Wisconsin-Michigan border and flows into Green Bay) would exceed 700 feet. The pit would be 2,000 feet wide and 2,500 feet long. That would be the enormous size of the controversial open pit gold and zinc sulfide mine recently given preliminary approval by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Petition:EPA: End Open Air Burning of Waste Munitions
Submitted by staff on Tue, 07/19/2016 - 12:54pmIn communities across America, open burning and detonation of hazardous waste explosives results in the uncontrolled release of toxic heavy metals, energetic compounds, perchlorate, nitrogen oxides, dioxins and other carcinogens to the environment, placing the health of our soldiers, workers and neighbors at risk.
Tell the USDA you Want Meat, Milk, Eggs from Authentically Organic Farms --- Not Livestock Factories
Submitted by Volunteer on Thu, 06/02/2016 - 1:08pmMajor concerns that Cornucopia scientists and researchers share with other allies:
Petition: Drop the Lawsuit!
Submitted by staff on Thu, 05/12/2016 - 7:46amColombia Support Network asks us to join them in signing this petition.
A U.S. mining company has launched a $16.5 billion lawsuit against Colombia.
What did Colombia do to earn this dubious distinction? Well, the government stopped a deadly gold mine that was threatening the Amazon rainforest.
Not only does the Colombian government have a right to protect the world’s most diverse rainforest from profit-hungry mining interests -- it has a duty to do so.
Public Comment - Non-Metallic Mining Until April 30, 2016
Submitted by staff on Thu, 03/17/2016 - 8:26amDepartment releases draft permits related to non-metallic mining for public comment; develops new groundwater study on industrial sand mining
By Central Office March 16, 2016
Contact(s): Roberta Walls, 608-785-9272
MADISON - The Department of Natural Resources has released two general permits for public comment related to non-metallic mining.
In addition, the department is also developing a new study aimed at better understanding potential groundwater affects from industrial sand mining.
Petition - Stop Utility Abuse of Property in Wisconsin
Submitted by staff on Thu, 03/17/2016 - 7:13am
Friends of the Central Sands Update
Submitted by staff on Thu, 12/03/2015 - 10:31amOur water and communities continue to be threatened, so what do we do? We keep fighting… Here is a quick update:
