In Boca Chica, Texas, SpaceX’s launch site is used to test some of their largest rockets. This is having an extremely detrimental effect to the local environment, with a recent explosion creating a 385-acre debris field and 3.5-acre fire, harming … read more Yahoo!Tech: Environmental experts express concern about SpaceX after company’s second test flight results in further damage to local area
Read Wednesday’s article from Bridge Michigan here: Dana Nessel’s office probing $2M rocket plan that failed to launch
Scroll down to see a letter from CSCLS President Denny Ferraro breaking the news, and the Resolution passed tonight by the Powell Township Board: Letter from the President: We are pleased to announce that the Powell Township Board has enacted … read more Breaking News: Spaceport Plans Defeated!
CSCLS is partnering with the U.P. Environmental Coalition to publish a monthly e-newsletter of regional environmental news. This will feature environmental groups in the U.P. and nearby areas and issues they are working to solve, as well as important news … read more CSCLS and UPEC Partner to Publish Monthly Newsletter – Sign Up!
A Brief History of Little Presque Isle Protection By Paige Conners “Build a power plant at Little Presque Isle? Why not start a garbage dump on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, convert the Taj Mahal into a root beer … read more Saving Superior Since the Sixties
CSCLS partnered with SWP to finish a trail at the Eagles Nest Community Forest, which protects 17 acres of land, including Superior shoreline and coastal wetland just a few miles from the location of the proposed launch site. Thank you … read more CSCLS Partners with Superior Watershed for Trail Construction
TV6’s Andrew LaCombe interviewed CSCLS President Denny Ferraro to discuss CSCLS’ support of Powell Township residents’ petition to ban rocket launch sites within Powell Township. A petition signed by 134 Powell Township residents proposes a zoning amendment to prohibit the … read more TV6: Spaceport opponents request zoning change to block potential Marquette County rocket launch site
Citizens for a Safe & Clean Lake Superior is pleased to welcome Jane Fitkin (she/they) as our new Director of Outreach and Communications. Jane is a recent graduate of Northern Michigan University, having earned a B.S. in Environmental Studies and … read more CSCLS Hires Jane Fitkin as New Director of Outreach
Mary Holohan’s Letter to the Editor of The North Wind discusses perceptions around industrialization, the impacts of the proposed rocket launch site, and what concerned citizens can do now. Read the letter at thenorthwindonline.com
Blog written by Cait Sternberg, Director of Outreach & Communications The United States currently hosts 14 Federal Aviation Administration-licensed industrial rocket launch sites, also known as “spaceports”. Although many of these are underused, or not used at all, the … read more What We Can Learn from Other Communities’ Struggles with Spaceports
Press Release: Copperwood Funding in the House Budget
Report Suspected Mining Sites in the UP
Wetlands: Nature’s Lifeline and Water Purifier
