EarthWINS Daily 1998
EarthWINS Daily
#3.38
1/1/98
1. Wisconsin
mining
a.
1997 accomplishments & 1998 tasks
b.
Candidates state position on the Mining Moratorium Bill
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.41
1/9/98
1. Drillbits
& Tailings, January 7, 1998; Volume 3, Number 1
EarthWINS Daily
#3.42
1/10/98
1. Standard
& Poors Confirms Freeport Credit Ratings Cut
2. Asian Crisis
Forces Coal Project Postponements
3. WISCONSIN:
40,000 sign petition for Mining Moratorium
4. Mining
Impact Coalition has its own domain on the Web
5. Educom
Update, 1 January 1998
6. Destruction
of Kirthar National Park in Pakistan due to oil exploration
7. Exxon Corp
'Gives' $20 million to School! Aren't they nice!
8. Media's
Dark Age Conference, Athens
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.43
1/10/98
1. Australia
Facing New "apartheid"
2. New
Book - "Global Spin: the corporate assault on environmentalism"
3. Durning's
This Place on Earth
4. Indigenous
and Tribal Peoples Security Council
5. $ for non-profits
(fwd)
6. MMR: Boycott
of Gas Pipeline Firms
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.44
1/11/98
1. RUSSIA:
Miners Faced Closures & Anti-Labor Offensive
2. MEXICO:
More on Chiapas Massacre
a.
ACTION ALERT: World Wide Action on Chiapas Massacre Monday January 12
b.
MEX/USA: Indigenous place Clinton into Holiday Hall of Shame
3. ENVIRONMENT:
World Bank to Let Axe Fall on Rainforests?
4. FYI: New
Guinea/rainforest pages
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.45
1/11/98
1. Excerpts,
CAN: Regional News - Voisey's Bay Mining Update
2. ENVIRONMENTAL
ACTION ALERT - Protect Your Right to Know
3. EPA Releases
National Inventory of Contaminated Sediments
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.46
1/11/98
1. First Nations:
Big Mountain Resisters - Midwestern Tour
2. URGENT
ACTION ALERT! Calls Needed for Western Shoshone
3. FYI: Outstanding/Inexpensive
Rainforest/Marine Biology Workshops
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.47
1/12/98
1. Excellent
Legal Resource: LawGuru.com
2. Information
Request
3. Copper
Mining Destroying RainForests
4. ACTION
ALERT: Ecuador
5. Pegasus
Gold Goes Bust* You Get The Bill?
6. Non Profits
reach out on the Web
7. MAI MAI
a.
Big News !!
b.
MAI Internet Sites (fwd)
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.48
1/12/98
1. WISCONSIN:
Let's Keep Wisconsin God's Country
2. Another
Sweetheart Deal for Oil/Gas
3. Indonesia:
1998, A Year of Living Precariously
4. Top Story
of 1997 - Planet in Flames
5. URGENT
ALERT: Roadless Directive Exemptions
6. Sample
Letters To Congress On Proposed ESA Legislation
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.49
1/13/98
1. Nader/Weissman
Letter To Rubin
2. What's
New on Corporate Watch
3. USFS Loses
Millions Logging National Forests
4. Recent
postings from Gil Friend's "New Bottom Line"
a.
NBL 6.25: Some Food for Thought. Please Chew Thoroughly
b.
New Bottom Line - 1997 Index
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.50
1/13/98
1. Open Letter
to World Bank
2. Oceans
in deep trouble
3. Greener
Marketing
4. Greener
Purchasing
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.51
1/14/98
1. Excerpt,
GREENLines Issue #541: More Mine Opposition in Wisconsin
2. CALL FOR
PARTICIPANTS. The 4th International Interdisciplinary Conference
on the Environment,
Washington D.C., July 7-10, 1998
3. RAG RAG
4. Recent
mining industry posts from Enviromine
a.
Deep Sea Mining
b.
Publications on Uranium Mining
c.
RE: Reclamation Bonding (Compilation of Responses)
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.52
1/14/98
1. ACTION ALERT!
Jan. 20 International Call-In for SB 3, Wisconsin's
Sulfide Mining
Moratorium
2. AUSTRALIA:
Action - mineral rights
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.53
1/15/98
1. Introduction
& Info Request re Placer Dome
2. Information/Data
needed
3. Russia:
miners first target of anti-worker offensive begins
4. USA: UN
visit to Big Mountain
5. INDONESIA:
Freeport & IMF Bailout
a.
Freeport reportedly on RatingWatch
b.
U.S. Coalition to Protest IMF Bail-Outs
6. Excerpt,
GREENLines Issue #542: Antarctic Treaty
7. EPA: The
Incidence and Severity of Sediment Contamination
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.54
1/15/98
1. AUSTRALIA:
Action - mineral rights
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.55
1/16/98
1. CANADA:
Stop uranium projects in Saskatchewan
2. Subsidies
in the U.S.
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.56
1/16/98
1. Re: ENVENG-L:
Jan. 20 Intnl Call-In for sulfide Mining Moratorium
2. Utah Abandoned
Mine Land Reclamation Plan
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.57
1/17/98
1. WISCONSIN:
Sulfide Mining Moratorium Vote Tuesday, January 20
a.
ACTION ALERT! Jan. 20 International Call-In for SB 3, Wisconsin's
Sulfide Mining
Moratorium
b.
Trout Unlimited Supports the Sulfide Mining Moratorium (FWD)
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.58
1/17/98
1. Breaking
EJ news - Save Ward Valley
2. USA: 50
YEARS ALERT: STOP IMF FAST-TRACK
3. Benefit
for Big Mountain Resistance
4. Joseph
Kennedy on the School of the Americas
5. Business
advisory council criticize MAI
6. EPA: Withdrawal
of Amendment to Ore Mining and Dressing
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.59
1/18/98
1. WISCONSIN:
Mining Moratorium Vote Due Tuesday, January 20, 1998
a.
Citizens' March / Rally / Vigil to support SB 3 WITHOUT AMENDMENTS
PLANNED FOR
WED. JAN 21 WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON TUES. JAN 20
b.
Mining Moratorium Final Vote in January
c.
Exxon's Track Record Justifies the Need to Pass the Mining Moratorium Bill
2. BOLIVIA:
A Day in Hell
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.60
1/19/98
1. WISCONSIN:
Reports Underscore Need for Mining Moratorium as State
Officials
Plan Amendments
a.
New Report Details Failure of Crandon Mine Environmental Review,
Exposes Exxon-DNR
Report as "A Promotional Vehicle"
b.
DNR planning SB3 amendment
c.
More on mining panel
d.
Menominee Nation Releases Report for Reasons Why Tribe Supports Mining
Moratorium
Bill
e.
Crandon mine struggle still at high ferment
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.61 1/2
1/19/98
1. Charles H.
Norris: Review and Preliminary Assessment of the Permit
Application
Materials for a Proposed Zinc-and Copper-Sulfide Mine near
Crandon, Wisconsin.
Part 1
EarthWINS Daily
#3.61 2/2
1/19/98
1. Charles H.
Norris: Review and Preliminary Assessment of the Permit
Application
Materials for a Proposed Zinc-and Copper-Sulfide Mine near
Crandon, Wisconsin.
Part 2
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.62
1/20/98
1. 1000 multinationals
will soon meet - action
2. Pegasus
Gold: Another One Bites the Dust
3. ECONOMY-SOUTH
AFRICA: Low Gold Price Sends Panic Through Mines
4. Nuking
the Navajos
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.63
1/21/98
1. State of
the World 1998 According to Worldwatch Institute
2. Energy
Tribes Vex Hungry Capitalists
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.64
1/21/98
1. Excerpt,
GREENLines Issue #544: Bankrupt
2. [EP] The
evolution of mining
3. New Book
about Blackfoot River
4. Russian
miners on the move
5. World Bank
Offers Chance to Comment on IFC Policies
6. New Environmental
Justice Film
7. Wall Street
and the environment: Taking another look
8. Concert
for Amazon River Watershed
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.65
1/21/98
1. WISCONSIN:
The Struggle Continues
a.
Menominee Nation Releases Report for Reasons Why Tribe Supports Mining
Moratorium
b.
Walt Bresette: Exxon Mine is Like Titanic - Sinking Ship
2. NBL 7.1:
A Sustainability Cookbook? - That's One "Good Thing"
3. Weekly
News Update on the Americas [excerpts]
EarthWINS Daily
#3.66
1/22/98
Contents
1. WISCONSIN:
Moratorium news flash
2. Excerpts,
GREENLines Issue #546
3. Modern
mining-???
4. Green Scissors
'98
5. SIBERIA:
The Itelman People & "Modern Civilization"
a.
The Itelmen People of Kamchatka Peninsula
b.
Siberia: Environmental desaster in Ultchi District
c.
Siberia/Sakhalin: Oil development threatens Nivkha indigenous community
d.
Siberia: Strip Mining on Indigenous Communities
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.67
1/22/98
1. WISCONSIN:
Assembly Republicans Gut Democracy for Exxon
a.
Assembly Republicans Gut and Steamroll Mining Moratorium Using
Gimmicks,
Delays, and Dirty Tricks
b.
SB 3 LATEST NEWS--Assembly Reps. GUT and STEAMROLL SB3
2. E-Link:
EU Votes to Block Australian Uranium Mine
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.68
1/23/98
1. Drillbits
& Tailings, January 21, 1998
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.69
1/23/98
1. RACHEL #582:
One Fundamental Problem
2. ENVIRONMENT:
Nuclear Waste Shipment a Health Hazard to Caribbean
3. Excerpt,
Envirobrief: Some Class V Underground Injection Wells May Be Banned
EarthWINS Daily
#3.70
1/24/98
1. WISCONSIN:
One down, One to Go! Exxon pulls out of Wisconsin, but
Crandon mine
project continues
a.
Comment by A. I. McCombs, EarthWINS
b.
About Rio Algom
c.
Rio Algom Acquires 100% Ownership of Crandon Mining Company
d.
Menominee Nation Steps Up the Fight
e.
Blame it on Rio........?????
f.
Exxon's pullout
2. WISCONSIN:
Mining Moratorium Bill
a.
Mining Moratorium Bill Gutted in Assembly, Returns to State Senate
b.
Menominee Nation Loses Faith in State Assembly over Exxon Amendment
c.
Join on-line mining debate!
3. ENVIRONMENT:
Amazon Indigenous Groups Oppose Infrastructure Projects
4. GREECE:
Canadian gold-brickin
5. Excerpt,
GREENLines Issue #547: Undersea Gold Rush
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.71
1/24/98
Contents
1. Draft Yosemite
Valley Implementation Plan
2. Notice
of Intent to Initiate Plan Amendments and Associated
Environmental
Assessment
3. Notice
of intent to prepare a supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement
for the Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc.
4. Notice
of Intent To Prepare EIS for the Production of Tritium
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.72
1/25/98
1. A CLEAR View,
Vol. 5, No. 1, 1/23/98
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.73
1/25/98
1. Excerpt,
GREENLines Issue #548: Strip Mine Appealed
2. WISCONSIN:
Re Mining Moratorium & Exxon Pullout
a.
Excerpt, GREENLines Issue #549: Mining Bill Gutted
b.
Exxon Pulls Out
3. Enviro-Newsbrief:
Oceans in Trouble
4. ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH
AFRICA: Pollution Descends on Soweto
5. Green Group
Initiative Successful at European Parliament
6. Dudgeon's
Ecolinks
7. ACTION
ALERT: "No Surprises" and ESA Reauthorization
8. Fwd:
MAI Online
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.74
1/26/98
1. EPA and
ASARCO Sign Landmark Environment Agreement
2. INDIGENOUS-AUSTRALIA:
Battle Lines Drawn On Uranium Mine Project
3. Gold Rush
anti-celebration in SF
4. EPA Grants
Oil Industry Another Sweetheart Deal!
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.75
1/26/98
1. WISCONSIN:
Mining Events
a.
Day of Outrage against moratorium anti-democratic proceedings!
b.
Four key upcoming events
2. Best Web
Site for State by State Data!
3. Notice
to advise the public that (BLM) plans to adopt (FEIS) addressing
oil and gas
leasing for lands within Duchesne and Wasatch Counties, Utah,
upon the Ashley
and Uinta National Forests and of the availability of the
BLM's Record
of Decision (ROD).
4. EPA: Authorizing
BLM To Offer Oil and Gas Leases in Management Areas
21, 45, 71,
72; Bridger-Teton National Forest; Teton, Sublette and
Fremont Counties,
Wyoming
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.76
1/27/98
1. WISCONSIN:
Mining moratorium bill - next stop
2. ARIZONA:
Dineh Relocation
a.
Web Page Updates
b.
Dineh Elders still need help
c.
U.N. Commission on Human Rights to meet with Traditional Dineh
3. RUSSIA:
Miners die as government delays payments
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.77
1/27/98
1. AUSTRALIA:
Uranium Mining, Labor & Indigenous
a.
Title: Labor succumbs to mining industry pressure
b.
Editorial: New bottles, old poison
c.
More strikes at Rio Tinto
d.
ALP sells out on Jabiluka
e.
Nabarlek uranium mine's hidden history
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.78
1/30/98
1. WISCONSIN:
Mining Updates
a.
NEWS FLASH: Nicolet Minerals Company "New Entity" Not Renamed Crandon
Mining Company
b.
Rio Algom Announces Formation of Nicolet Minerals Company
c.
Donald A. (Don) Cumming, President, Nicolet Minerals Company
d.
Rio Algom Operations Around the World
e.
Information on Track Record of Rio Algom
f.
Madison symposium on Crandon mine
2. RUSSIA:
Russian Workers Block Roads
3. BLM: Notice
of Intent To Prepare a Joint Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental
Impact Statement on a Proposed 30-year Expansion and
Waste Management
Plan for the Molycorp Mountain Pass Mine, Mountain
Pass, California
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.79
1/30/98
1. Davos Conference
Challenged by 20 Million People
2. Statement
on the MAI
3. International
Peoples Tribunal on Human Rights and the Environment
a.
The International Peoples Tribunal
b.
Call for Co-Partners and NGO Solidarity and Support of Peoples
bringing
Cases to the Second Session of the IPT
c.
Intl. Peoples' Tribunal-Invitation to Participate
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.80
1/31/98
1. WISCONSIN:
Mining Updates
a.
The Gov responds
b.
Nicolet Minerals arrives
c.
Assembly Republicans Destroy Mining Moratorium!
2. Asturias
Burning!!
3. EIA: Request
for assistance
4. EIA: Mine
Water Management Operations
5. E-M:/ EPA
Busts STONECO quarry in Ottawa Lake MI
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.81
1/31/98
1. SPAIN:
Asturies burning p.2
2. CANADA:
Environmental Alert
3. Excerpt,
SIERRACLUB-ACTION: #10 Jan. 27 - Congress Watch
4. New EPA
Report Stresses Need for Continued Air Quality Improvement
5. Republican
Charm School
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.82
2/1/98
1. New Listserv:
Focus on the Corporation
2. Excerpt,
GREENLines Issue #550: Stormy Forcast for 105th Congress
3. Notice
of Availability of FY 1998 Multimedial Environmental Justice
Through Pollution
Prevention Grant Funds
4. Forest
Service Logging Plan Exempts Northwest & Alaska
5. Brazil
Quiet As Evidence Of Amazon Demise Mounts
6. Worst Deforestation
Rates for Brazil
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EarthWINS Daily
#3.83
2/1/98
1. BIOD VICTORY:
New Logging in Amazonas Suspended!
2. BBC
Reports on DAVOS Conference
a.
Global Doings at Davos
b.
BBC snipettes from DAVOS Jan 31
3. Return
to Plymouth After Mass Arrests
4. Ecuador
Alert
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