Saving the Menominee
Michigan Greens support mining moratorium By Aimee Cree Dunn, Green Party of Michigan The proposed Back 40 Mine will poison Menominee County waters, members agreed at a recent meeting of the Green Party of Michigan (GPMI). They continue to support and promote a moratorium of metallic sulfide mining similar to a moratorium in Wisconsin. Also known as the ‘Prove It First’ law, the mining law in Wisconsin has helped protect their North Woods for nearly 20 years. The Back 40 Mine…