An Op-Ed by Russ Harding, senior environmental analyst for the Mackinac Center, appeared in today's Marquette Mining Journal, warning voters that a ballot proposal that appears to be about clean water is actually intended to stop mining.
Harding has addressed mining regulations in the past here and here, while MichiganScience explored the issue in-depth in this article.
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