Keeping it Local

For this post I wanted to find some environmental hazard going on at our home soil. Today an article was posted at the Huffington Post regarding mining in Wisconsin. There is tons of iron ore along Lake Superior's shoreline. The article relates to job creation, but also addresses the impact on the environment.

Interestingly I found out we are the Badger state because of the lead miners who "were said to burrow like badgers". Wisconsin has been known to be a conservative state which was the first to ban pesticide DDT, the first to pass a law limiting acid rain, and also the first to enact an endangered species list!

Wisconsin Badger!

The article is well written and you can tell there was tons of research put into in both the impact on the local area and the outcome that would happen with a new mine. Here is the link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/wisconsin-mine-plans-jobs-environment_n_997909.html