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PLF joins legal fight over Eagle Mine

February 06, 2013 | By BRIAN HODGES

The first new copper and nickel mine to open in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in decades should be up and running next year.  After passing intensive environmental review, Eagle Mine obtained all state approvals necessary to begin operations.  It will soon employ hundreds of workers and will be an economic bright spot in a part of … ...

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President's weekly report — February 8, 2013

February 08, 2013 | By ROB RIVETT

Endangered Species Act — Uninhabitable Critical Habitat This week we filed our complaint in Markle Interests v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service in response to the government’s listing 1544 acres of private property in Louisiana as critical habitat for the Mississippi Gopher Frog. The problem is that the frog doesn’t inha ...