Mining & Environmental News

Trump Blocks Listing Bumblebee as Endangered

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Federal officials have delayed the first-ever listing of a bee species in the continental U.S. as endangered, one day before it was to take effect. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said January 11, it…

Cliffs Announces Huge Fourth Quarter

DULUTH, Minn.-Final financial reports released today for Cliffs Natural Resources revealed a huge fourth quarter for them. Revenues were up to $754 million this quarter for the ore pellet manufacturer, which…

Republicans Push for Carbon Tax to Fight Climate Change

WASHINGTON (AP) - A push by a group of senior Republican statesmen for a tax on carbon to help combat the effects of climate change is already meeting entrenched opposition from their own party. Former Secretary of State Jim Baker…

Army to Allow Completion of Dakota Access Oil Pipeline

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The Army has notified Congress that it will allow the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, completing the four-state project to move North Dakota oil to Illinois.…

Firefighters Battle More Than Blazes

SUPERIOR, Wis.- More Heating and electrical appliances can mean more fires in homes across the Northland. When firefighters battle blazes in the wintertime, they may be in an environment like a burning…

Meteor Over Lake Michigan Lights Up Sky in Several States

  Videos from Lisle Police Department and Morton Grove Police GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP ) - A meteor over Lake Michigan lit up the sky Monday morning across several states in the Midwest. Dashcam video from police cruisers in Wisconsin…

UW Study Finds DNR Under-reported Wolf Deaths

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A new study has found the state Department of Natural Resources has underreported wolf poaching. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reviewed the deaths of 937 wolves from October 1979 to April 2012. The…

Community Forum Fights Poverty

DULUTH, Minn. - Community leaders held a round table discussion on the issues surrounding poverty in the Northland and throughout the world. The discussion was centered around the ways economic inequality…

One Dead in Cloquet House Fire

CLOQUET, Minn.- One person is dead after a fire destroyed a home and attached garage at about 8 p.m. last night near Cloquet. Multiple agencies responded to the fire at 3912 Highway…

Protesters Oppose Mining in National Forest

DULUTH, Minn. - A group of protesters gathered in front of U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan's downtown Duluth office Thursday. Earlier in the week, Rep. Nolan coming out in favor of reversing the…