Today’s topics: Agriculture, Business, Education, Energy, Forests, Funding, Great Lakes, Mining, Mollusks, Non-Native Invasive Species, Off-Highway Vehicles, Water and Wetlands.
Agriculture
- Forum Newspapers: Farm bill not just for farmers
- Forum Newspapers: Federal farm bill gets mired in Senate politics
Business
- Hutchinson Leader: Hutchinson 3M has been working on ‘green’ efforts for years
http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/node/4490
Education
- Pioneer Press: Students bring environment lessons to their school
- West Central Tribune: Master Naturalists share a passion for outdoors
Energy
- Duluth News Tribune: Group warns warmer Duluth evidence of bigger problem
(MEP member group USPIRG is mentioned) - Marshall Independent: 2 partners out, but MRES holds firm to commitment to Big Stone II
(MEP member group Clean Up the River Environment is quoted) - St. Cloud Times: Storing spent nuclear fuel is essential, painstaking for Monticello plant
(MEP member group Union of Concerned Scientists is quoted) - Star Tribune: Wind-energy leader accused of inflating bills
- Pioneer Press Opinion: Pursuing a long-term energy plan – with optimism
- Albert Lea Tribune: Horizon Wind Energy plans to share the wealth
- Austin Daily Herald: Newest Mower County wind farm set to start spinning in December
- Grand Forks Herald Opinion: Ethanol plant means good jobs, little risk
- Hutchinson Leader: Big Stone II shakened by partners withdrawing
- Hutchinson Leader: Wind turbine powers business
- Hutchinson Leader: Hutchinson Technology finds alternative to sending waste to landfill
- West Central Tribune: Energy consultant says Big Stone II costs will rise after two owners leave project
- A neutron walks into a bar, asks the bartender “how much for a beer?” Bartender says, “For you, no charge.”
- The Farmer: State Agencies Using More E85
Forests
- Mesabi Daily News: Land owners get help with stewardship of their parcels
Funding
- St. Paul Legal Ledger: Green battle for $22M in Lottery trust fund (subscription needed)
(MEP is quoted)
Great Lakes
- Minnesota Public Radio: New North Shore guidebook explains Minnesota’s origins
Mining
- Duluth News Tribune: Agency expects interest in metallic minerals leases
Mollusks
- Pioneer Press: St. Paul Mississippi River / Mussels get helping hand
- Mankato Free Press: More than just mussels
- New Ulm Journal: Mussels key to river comeback, says scientist
- New Ulm Journal: Hike is fun and educational
Non-Native Invasive Species
- Grand Forks Herald: DNR confirms Eurasian milfoil
Off-Highway Vehicles
- Park Rapids Enterprise: Hubbard weighs part in MHSF OHV plan
Water
- Minnesota Public Radio: Research points to source of frog deformities
- Star Tribune: Dirty water from site of U stadium was sent to river
- Fargo Forum: More bodies of water ‘impaired’
- Rochester Post Bulletin Editorial: Water is getting cleaner — but greener
Wetlands
- International Falls Daily Journal: Army Corps issues permit
From the web
- Environment and Society: Troubled Waters?
- Sustain Minnesota: Minnesota Manufacturer Goes Carbon Neutral