OPINION
Penokee Range Mine endangers local environment
By Daily Cardinal Staff and Costanza Generali | Mar. 11, 2014In 2011, Gogebic Taconite, a Florida-based mining company, proposed building the world’s largest open-pit taconite mine in the Penokee Range within the Lake Superior Basin. Since then, northern Wisconsin has experienced severe controversy regarding the potential effects of the mine on the environment and people of the area.
