Today’s topics: 3M Chemicals, Agriculture, Development, Energy, Great Lakes, Mining, Trails, Transportation, Waste and Water.
3M Chemicals
- Brainerd Dispatch: City finds a possible source of PFOS
Agriculture
- Fargo Forum: Hearing scheduled for feedlot appeal
- Rochester Post Bulletin: Wildflower strips pretty, useful
Development
- Fargo Forum: Homes on the Horizon
- Winona Daily News: City council continues to wait on bluffland ordinance approval
Energy
- New Ulm Journal: Arctic explorer Steger warns of global warming
(Steger is with MEP member group Will Steger Foundation. Member groups Fresh Energy and Lutheran Coalition for Public Policy are also mentioned) - Pioneer Press Opinion: A simple carbon tax would do the trick, so don’t expect that
- Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Utilities to be ahead of renewable standard
- International Falls Daily Journal Editorial: Energy bill positive move
- Rochester Post Bulletin: Dodge, Mower see boom in wind farms
- Timberjay Newspapers: PUC decision a roadblock for Mesaba Project
Great Lakes
- Star Tribune: Are Duluth beaches dirty? Report says so, but city says no
- Duluth News Tribune: Official says report on bacteria at local beaches is misleading
Mining
- Duluth News Tribune: Taconite researchers want to open discussion
- Mesabi Daily News: Editorial: U of M has taken the reins on cancer study
Trails
- West Central Tribune: Trail plan shows a long road ahead
- Timberjay Newspapers: Cook backs trail change
Transportation
- Associated Press: Northstar, after bridge collapse, looks to speed up rail project
Waste
- Fargo Forum: Retailers tote green giveaway
Water
- Albert Lea Tribune: 2 ways to support water
- St. Cloud Times: Little Rock Lake likely to be on impaired list
St. Cloud Times Editorial: Little Rock Lake issues should be top priority
From the Web
- Citypages Blotter: Murky Waters
(MEP member group Friends of the Mississippi River is quoted) - Minnesota Monitor: Agencies Monitoring Environmental, Health Risks since Bridge Collapse