Today’s topics: Development, Energy, Food, Funding, Great Lakes, Mining, Natural Areas, Transportation, Waste and Water.
Development
- KARE: St. Paul City Council votes against Bridges development
- Star Tribune: St. Paul council rejects Bridges project
- Minnesota Public Radio: Council rejects Bridges of St. Paul project
Energy
- Duluth News Tribune: Duluth Steam Plant announces emission reductions
- Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Power line to be discussed
- Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Big Stone partners, DOC agree
- Red Wing Republican Eagle: Wind farm foes turned down flat
- Rochester Post Bulletin: An ethanol plant in Eyota? Developer applies for permits
- St. Cloud Times: When it comes to global warming, he’s got something to say
- Monticello Times: Construction of a storage building at MNGP progresses
- Outdoor News: Warmer, Dryer Climate Will Change The Landscape of Minnesota
Food
Funding
- Outdoor News: Planning begins for dedicated funding oversight
- Outdoor News: DNR unveils plan to fund Vermilion park
Great Lakes
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Star Tribune Editorial: No time to lose for Lake Superior fish
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Minnesota Public Radio: Activists demand action to stop dropping water levels on Great Lakes
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Duluth News Tribune: Agency drops bacteria warnings for 3 Grand Marais-area beaches
Mining
- Minnesota Public Radio: Steel plant proponents poised to begin work
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is quoted) - Duluth News Tribune: Steel Dynamics plans to begin producing iron nugget in spring of 2009
- WDIO: IRRRB Approves New Mesabi Nugget Loan Agreement
- Mesabi Daily News: Mesabi Nugget clears major hurdle
Natural Areas
- Stillwater Gazette: Creating a legacy, one property at a time; Washington County now considering 28 projects for its $20 million open space preservation program
(MEP member group Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota is quoted) - Hutchinson Leader Editorial: Make a date with a state park
Transportation
- Star Tribune: Northstar line takes ‘giant step forward’
- KSTP: $1.9 million grant awarded to Northstar rail project
- Bemidji Pioneer: Paul Bunyan Transit offers new service
- Sun Newspapers: Edina lawmakers on the road again to improved funding
Waste
- Fergus Falls Daily Journal Opinion: Recycling — It’s in the bag
Water
- Annandale Advocate: Mayor ‘knew plant would prevail’
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is mentioned) - Albert Lea Tribune Column: Water watchdogs: Looking out for local lakes
- Brainerd Dispatch: MPCA seeks feedback on water quality rules
- International Falls Daily Journal: BWSR visits Borderland
- Rochester Post Bulletin Column: If we do our part, streams will recover
- Shakopee Valley News: Lakes in danger: residents campaign to save Thole and O’Dowd
- Sun Newspapers: Possible Anderson Lakes compromise: partial drawdown, chemical treatment
From the web
- Great Lakes for All: Phase out mercury in the Great Lakes
- Great Lakes Guy: Even In His Backyard, Obama Hesitates on Great Lakes