Today’s topics: Air, Development, Energy, Invasive Species, Natural Areas, Transportation, Waste, Water, Wetlands and Wildlife.
Air
Development
Energy
- Austin Daily Globe: A brighter shade of green
(MEP and member groups Izaak Walton League of American and League of Women Voters are mentioned) - Marshall Independent Letter: CURE decries decision on Big Stone II powerlines
(Clean Up the River Environment is a MEP member) - Worthington Daily Globe: Addressing ag issues
(MEP member group The Nature Conservancy is quoted) - Bemidji Pioneer: Peterson says U.S. can reach energy independence in 10 to 15 years
- Bemidji Pioneer: Lawmakers see economic benefit from energy research
- Forum Newspapers: Tribes struggle with renewable energy
- Bemidji Pioneer Editorial: Economic opportunity in energy
- Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Big Stone participants pass major hurdle
- Morris Sun Tribune: Is bioenergy feasible?
- Morris Sun Tribune: Is a new crop with real bang ready for takeoff?
- Park Rapids Enterprise: Wind Energy Committee launches fund drive
- West Central Tribune: As quietly as the wind blows, Lac qui Parle Valley pays off its turbine
Invasive Species…or is it?
- Brainerd Dispatch: Banded mystery snails found in Rabitt Lake
Natural Areas
Transportation
- KARE: With I-94 closed Twins fans turn to transit
- Pioneer Press: Cedar transit plan gets grant
- Star Tribune Editorial: Seize the moment for special session
- Star Tribune Editorial: Don’t get distracted by bridge/rail dispute
- Star Tribune Editorial: Bipartisanship helps get transport funds
- Austin Daily Herald Editorial: Special session needed to fix transportation
- Duluth News Tribune: Twin Ports-Twin Cities rail backers ask Douglas Co. for money
- Mankato Free Press Editorial: Connect the dots and cross the river
Waste
- Park Rapids Enterprise: Old dump has to be covered
Water
- St. Cloud Times Opinion: We want so many things from our lakes
Wetlands
- Star Tribune Opinion: Gary Botzek: It’s not a flaunting of federal power
(Botzek is with MEP member group Minnesota Conservation Federation) - International Falls Daily Journal: Airport commission disputes jurisdiction over wetland
- International Falls Daily Journal: State and federal wetland laws clarified
Wildlife
- International Falls Daily Journal: Nesting areas reopened in Voyageurs National Park
From the web
- Minnesota 2020: Eureka! Ecology and Entrepreneurship at the State Fair
(MEP member group Eureka Recycling is featured)