EQB and Environmental Review

Why an EIS for Riverview Baker Dairy? Too Little Water, Too Much Manure

Posted February 17th, 2015 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, Clean Water, Environmental Review - Defense, EQB and Environmental Review, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Groundwater management, Loon Commons blog, Water.

When Renville County dairy farmer James Kanne addressed a Minnesota Senate hearing on environmental review Jan. 29, he made it clear that size does matter when it comes to assessing… Read more »

In Historical Move, MPCA Orders EIS on Proposed Factory Farm

Posted August 29th, 2014 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, EQB and Environmental Review, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog.

By Paul Sobocinski, Land Stewardship Project The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Citizens’ Board ruled this week that Riverview LLP’s proposed 8,850-cow dairy operation in Stevens County must undergo an in-depth… Read more »

First Test of 2013 MN Frac Sand Law is Successful

Posted July 31st, 2014 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, Energy, EQB and Environmental Review, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Global Warming, Health, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog, oil, rural, Water.

By Johanna Rupprecht, Land Stewardship Project The owner of a controversial Houston County silica sand mine was notified Monday by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that he must… Read more »

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