Today’s topics: Development, Energy, Food, Funding, Karma, Mining, Natural Areas, Transportation and Water.
Development
- Star Tribune: St. Paul’s riverfront feud keeps on rolling
(MEP member group Friends of the Mississippi River is quoted) - KARE: Arsenic found in St. Paul little league field
- Minnesota Public Radio: Midmorning: Bridges of St. Paul
- Pioneer Press Editorial: Thinking big, but not yet big enough
Energy
- Star Tribune: Minnesota has deal on coal power plant
(MEP member groups Izaak Walton League and Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy are quoted) - Minnesota Public Radio: Big Stone power plant expansion gets green light
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is quoted) - Associated Press: State and utilities agree on Big Stone II environmental issues
(MEP member group Sierra Club is quoted) - Forum Newspapers: Big Stone agreement ‘falls short,’ says opponent
(MEP member group Clean Up the River Environment is quoted) - Marshall Independent: State, Big Stone II owners agree on environmental issues
(MEP member groups Clean Up the River Environment and Sierra Club are quoted) - WCCO: Project Energy: This Old Green House
- WCCO: Project Energy: An Energy Independent Home
- Albert Lea Tribune: Austin considers going green
- Bemidji Pioneer Editorial: Big Stone II needed for power base
- St. Cloud Opinion: Steger leads the way on energy
Food
- Pioneer Press: Fresh on the farm
(MEP member groups Land Stewardship Project and Minnesota Food Association are linked to as resources)
Funding
Karma
Natural Areas
- Marshall Independent: Minge on a roll when it comes to showing off region
(MEP member group Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota is featured) - Worthington Daily Globe: Bike Minnesota group cycles through region
(MEP member group Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota is featured)
Mining
- Duluth News Tribune: Ailing miners have neither health nor wealth
- Hibbing Daily Tribune: Another permit granted for Minnesota Steel project
- Mesabi Daily News Editorial: Good news last week on project
Transportation
- Pioneer Press Editorial: Renewed energy for east metro transportation
- Detroit Lakes Tribune: BNSF Depot in DL to become ‘transit center’
Water
- Fergus Falls Daily Journal: DNR seeks comments on Lake Christina
- Fergus Falls Daily Journal: H2O and think blue too