The late Roscoe Churchill expressing his opinion of FMC's 'reclaimed' mine site.


Reporting of the WRPC Legal Action in the Media

 

Wisconsin State Journal (this is the official State newspaper).

http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/455416

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  (this is the paper with the largest circulation in Wisconsin).

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/48567232.html

Letter to the Editor written by Al Gedicks  correcting an error in the above Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/49038671.html

Lake Superior Mining News

http://lakesuperiorminingnews.net/

http://lakesuperiorminingnews.net/2009/06/19/video-footage-on-flambeau-mine-lawsuit/  video footage

Eau Claire Leader Telegram

http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-news.asp?id=BKBV15VSKI5

The Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice

http://www.wnpj.org/node/2147

Flambeau Mining Company's Rebuttal

http://www.flambeaumine.com/documents/news_releases/09_06_18Statement.pdf

Northwoods Wilderness Recovery Website 

http://www.northwoodswild.org/component/content/article/57-sulfide-and-uranium-mining-news/150-wisconsin-citizens-sue-dnr-kennecott-over-ongoing-flambeau-mine-pollution

WIXX-Radio 101 (Green Bay, WI)

http://w20.wixx.com/news/2009/jun/19/owners-flambeau-copper-mine-sued-over-pollution/

Mines and Communities - London, England

http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9321

Statement issued by John Muir Chapter of the Sierra Club in support of WRPC's case

http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=162671

Radio Interviews:

-Minnesota Public Radio (Duluth, MN), November 17, 2009

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/17/flambeau/ 

- WOJB-88.9FM (Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Hayward, WI):  Al Gedicks was interviewed by Eric Schubring on WOJB on June 18, 2009. WOJB is a public/community radio station owned and operated by the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe. 

 

-Wisconsin Public Radio:  Attorney Glenn Stoddard was interviewed by Chuck Quirmbach on Wisconsin Public Radio on June 18, 2009.

 

-WORT-89.9FM (Madison, WI):  WRPC's June 18, 2009 press conference at the State Capitol Building in Madison, Wisconsin was covered by Elliott Hack of WORT-89.9FM. His report includes extensive clips of what was said by Attorney Glenn Stoddard, Al Gedicks and Laura Furtman at the press conference. WORT is a community radio station. (Note: The Flambeau story is the SECOND story included in the "In Our Backyard" POD-Cast for June 18, 2009.)

 

http://archive.wort-fm.org/mp3/wort_090618_183001iobythu.mp3

Ladysmith News - republished with permission from the Ladysmith News.

Save the Wild U.P.  (Marquette, MI)

http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/flambeau-mine-causing-illegal-water-pollution/

News from Indian Country (Lac Courtes Oreilles Ojibwe Reservation in Northern Wisconsin)

http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6848&Itemid=1

London Mining Network (London, U.K.)

http://londonminingnetwork.org/2009/06/rio-tinto-sued-for-pollution-at-best-practice-mine/

Cleanrocks.org

http://ledzep.biz/aga/?tag=flambeau-mining

Water Environment Federation ( Alexandria, VA)

http://wef.org/CmsWEF/Pages/News/StoryPage.aspx?story_id=131922457&ID=wef&Section=Upcoming%20Events

FOX News - TV (Duluth, MN)

http://www.fox21online.com/news/anti-mining-groups-threaten-legal-action-over-ladysmith-pollution

WEAU News - TV (Eau Claire, WI)

http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/48930932.html

Marquette Monthly (Marquette, MI)

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:-5IBf9vjpkkJ:www.mmnow.com/z_current_a/b/c/city_notes.html+%22Wisconsin+Resources+Protection+Council%22+%22Flambeau%22&cd=43&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
 

Kennecott/FMC Press Release, July 15, 2009

http://www.flambeaumine.com/documents/news_releases/Flambeau_Mining_Vows%20Vigorous_Defense.pdf

Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition

http://www.upenvironment.org/

Keweenaw NOW

http://keweenawnow.blogspot.com/2009/08/protect-earth-2009-part-1.html

The Mining Journal (Marquette, MI)

http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/530387.html

Minnesota Public Radio (Duluth, MN), November 17, 2009

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/17/flambeau/