"STEPHENSON, Mich. — Michigan officials are weighing the possibility of an open pit mine in the western Upper Peninsula, and Native Americans, residents and environmental groups fear it will pollute water and cultural resources.

They are pleading with the state to reject the permit, but they're running out of options.

The mine would provide the metals that drive our technologically saturated lives. It is also emblematic of the societal struggle over who gets a voice in how and where we yank valued resources out of the Earth."

Brian Bienkowski reports for Environmental Health News June 27, 2016. [2]