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- Bent Paddle Brewing addresses Silver Bay City Council regarding the ban of Bent Paddle products at the city's municipal liquor store.
- Read Dr. Gary Kohls' open letter to Gov. Mark Dayton urging him to do the right thing for the health of Minnesota's people, land, wildlife and way of life.
- Side-by-side comparison of PolyMet's proposed mine to Wisconsin's Flambeau Mine by Laura Gauger.
- "A Minnesotan's Guide to the PolyMet Environmental Impact Statement" Reader Weekly, Nov. 12 edition.
- The public comment/objection period has started. One way to submit your objection is at MiningTruth.org
- Preliminary Final EIS for NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange.
- Full version
- Executive Summary
- Ely in Economic Decline? The numbers tell a far different story.
- A fully-referenced economic analysis of Wisconsin's Flambeau Mine and its flat-line effect on the local economy.
- A selection of posts about PolyMet Mining from MinnPost
- Save the Boundary Waters: How Sulfide-Ore Copper Mines Pollute
- The Facts and Fairy-Tales of Polymet's Sulfide Mining Proposal. Presented to Sustainable Ely by Paula Maccabee, Water Legacy
- Check out MiningTruth.Org for comprehensive info and articles pertaining to the risks of sulfide mining in MN.
- Earthworks: Copper Sulfide Mining Report Findings
- Salon: It’s a hard-rock life: The steep costs of Koch-backed mining
- BOOK Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s by Larry D. Lankton
- Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine It's effects on our environment
- Earthworks: FACT SHEET - Problems with the Bingham Canyon Mine.
- Flambeau Mine Exposed Historic information about Wisconsin's Flambeau Mine and its impact on water quality and the local economy.
- Milwaukee WI, Journal Sentinel: Tests finds toxins at Flambeau mine.
- New York Times: Trying to comprehend the scale of open-pit extraction with aerial photographs. Photos by Edward Burtynsky.